Minecraft VR (opens in new tab) has been out there on Oculus headsets since 2016, however Microsoft's official app is predicated upon the Bedrock edition of Minecraft. The Laptop-exclusive Java version of Minecraft, which still has a heavy consumer-base, has but to obtain any official VR therapy.
Step forward QuestCraft, a newly launched mod that permits VR compatibility for Minecraft Java. Announced earlier this week, QuestCraft's reveal was accompanied by a trailer showing the mod in action. You possibly can view the video below, nevertheless it allows full head-monitoring in Minecraft, and adjusts UI features like menus to be purposeful in VR, ie, letting you move objects round in a pop-up stock window. It also enables contact controls to a limited degree. You'll be able to transfer your arms round, but it seems that interactions are primarily button-based mostly.
QuestCraft requires an existing version of Minecraft Java to use, performing as a 'wrapper' that launches Minecraft in your quest. It's at present in Beta, with efficiency reported as being not great by VR specialist site UploadVR. On the mod's github page (opens in new tab), the builders of the mod declare that is "because Minecraft is a very badly optimized sport".
You can obtain QuestCraft through the Github page, which additionally supplies instructions for installation. Truthful phrase of warning, the set up process is kind of sophisticated, and requires a third-occasion mod-set up service like SideQuest or QuestToolBox. The Github web page additionally recommends a list of mods to assist improve efficiency, comparable to Cull Leaves (opens in new tab) and Lithium (opens in new tab)amongst others.
As for why you'd want a slightly janky VR mod for Minecraft Java, slightly than enjoying the official Minecraft VR app, the brief reply is that Minecraft Java helps a variety of mods that both aren't catered for in any respect by the Bedrock edition, or need to be bought individually. Minecraft-servers For those who simply want to play vanilla Minecraft in VR, then the official app is the one to go for. But when you've got bought your own Java-primarily based Minecraft server customised with a bunch of mods, or just don't need to buy Minecraft again, then QuestCraft allows you to step into that world and gawp at it in stereoscopic 3D.