Minecraft is losing VR support next year

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Minecraft volition officially halt supporting each virtual world headsets aft March 2025, according to an update posted to the Bedrock changelog. The update means Minecraft volition nary longer enactment devices similar the Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality headsets, oregon the Meta Quest (through Quest Link), arsenic reported earlier by UploadVR.

Last month, Minecraft developer Mojang besides announced that the game would extremity enactment for PlayStation VR headsets adjacent March. When Minecraft’s outpouring update rolls around, Mojang says you’ll inactive beryllium capable to “keep gathering successful your worlds, and your Marketplace purchases (including Minecoins) volition proceed to beryllium disposable connected a non-VR/MR graphics instrumentality specified arsenic a machine monitor.”

As pointed retired by UploadVR, you’ll inactive beryllium capable to play Minecraft successful VR connected PC by utilizing the Java mentation of the crippled — either by downloading a VR mod similar Vivecraft oregon utilizing a standalone VR larboard specified arsenic QuestCraft.

Minecraft initially launched connected Samsung’s Gear VR headsets successful 2016 earlier adding enactment for the Oculus Rift, and PlayStation VR. Before ending enactment for VR, Mojang besides shut down Minecraft Earth, its augmented-reality mobile app, successful 2020.

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