No more VR block building.

Minecraft will officially stop supporting all virtual reality headsets after March 2025, according to an update posted to the Bedrock changelog. The update means Minecraft will no longer support devices like the Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality headsets, or the Meta Quest (through Quest Link), as reported earlier by UploadVR.

Last month, Minecraft developer Mojang also announced that the game would end support for PlayStation VR headsets next March. When Minecraft’s spring update rolls around, Mojang says you can “keep building in your worlds, and your Marketplace purchases (including Minecoins) will continue to be available on a non-VR/MR graphics device such as a computer monitor.”

As pointed out by UploadVR, you’ll still be able to play Minecraft in VR on PC by using the Java version of the game — either by downloading a VR mod like Vivecraft or using a standalone VR port such as QuestCraft.

Minecraft initially launched on Samsung’s Gear VR headsets in 2016 before adding support for the Oculus Rift, and PlayStation VR. Before ending support for VR, Mojang also shut down Minecraft Earth, its augmented-reality mobile app, in 2020.

    • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
      9·
      5 days ago

      id love for the more optimized and less spaghetti-coded bedrock version wasnt so bad.

      but if they are gonna pull that crap id rather be on java forever.

      • Voltage@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        I been playing bedrock with my brother for a week now and it is good, mobs actually feel like a threat now and there are very small details to game. Like swords doing more damage to mobs than axes but when the mob is wet or is raining the axe does more damage.

        • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          4 days ago

          yeah, java is like that too nowadays, microsoft maintains feature parity for now

  • ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    13·
    5 days ago

    I didn’t even know Bedrock had a VR mode. I’ve tried the Vivecraft mod for Java and it worked very well, albeit required some settings changed to make the controls more natural

    • Skymt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      5 days ago

      I tried both, Vivecraft (being a project driven by passion) is vastly superior!

    • LANIK2000@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      I knew and even tried it before, but I completely forgot it existed because it sucked so much. Nobody can see you moving your hands and tilting your head, which kills all the fun of a VR multi-player game IMO. It’s just a glorified controller binding for VR headsets. Considering all the other wacky things they added, I don’t see why they didn’t add actual VR support.

  • HBK@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
    271·
    6 days ago

    TBH it was pretty barebones, but I did enjoy seeing some of my worlds in stereoscopic 3D. It also scares me for the future of VR (minecraft is a REALLY popular game. If it is dropping VR does that mean adoption isn’t going that well?).

    Also, this is specifically regarding Bedrock minecraft. Java has never officially supported it, but there are mods that add the functionality.

  • BluesF@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    4 days ago

    Huh. I had no idea you could play it in VR. Doesn’t really seem like a game which would be at all enjoyable in VR tbh, too much movement - especially vertical and sudden. I do not enjoy the idea of facing a creeper in person lol

  • JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    5 days ago

    Still mods for java out there luckily. Sucks for PlayStation players though, that’s how I first experienced VR.

    And I think they had previously announced support for PSVR 2, but u guess that’s not happening now.

  • asexualchangeling@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    I never play bedrock, because playing without mods is boring most of the time, (not to mention I actually like doing redstone) but did any bedrock players play in VR?

    Obviously this doesn’t affect Java, where we have a mod for that