QuestCraft Makes Minecraft Java Version Playable On Quest 2

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Minecraft VR (opens in new tab) has been obtainable on Oculus headsets since 2016, however Microsoft's official app is based upon the Bedrock edition of Minecraft. The Pc-unique Java version of Minecraft, which still has a heavy user-base, has yet to obtain any official VR treatment.



Step forward QuestCraft, a newly launched mod that permits VR compatibility for Minecraft Java. Introduced earlier this week, QuestCraft's reveal was accompanied by a trailer displaying the mod in motion. You may view the video beneath, nevertheless it enables full head-monitoring in Minecraft, and adjusts UI features like menus to be useful in VR, ie, letting you progress items around in a pop-up inventory window. It also enables contact controls to a restricted degree. Just Another Site You'll be able to move your arms around, nevertheless it appears that interactions are primarily button-based mostly.



QuestCraft requires an current version of Minecraft Java to make use of, acting as a 'wrapper' that launches Minecraft in your quest. It's presently in Beta, with performance reported as being not nice by VR specialist site UploadVR. Just Another Site On the mod's github page (opens in new tab), the builders of the mod declare this is "because Minecraft is a really badly optimized recreation".



You possibly can obtain QuestCraft via the Github page, which additionally supplies directions for set up. Honest word of warning, the installation course of is sort of difficult, and requires a 3rd-social gathering mod-installation service like SideQuest or QuestToolBox. The Github page also recommends a list of mods to assist improve efficiency, comparable to Cull Leaves (opens in new tab) and Lithium (opens in new tab)among others.



As for why you'd desire a slightly janky VR mod for Minecraft Java, slightly than enjoying the official Minecraft VR app, the short reply is that Minecraft Java helps a variety of mods that both aren't catered for at all by the Bedrock edition, or need to be bought individually. For those who simply need to play vanilla Minecraft in VR, then the official app is the one to go for. But when you've got acquired your own Java-based mostly Minecraft server customised with a bunch of mods, or simply don't want to buy Minecraft once more, then QuestCraft allows you to step into that world and gawp at it in stereoscopic 3D.