QuestCraft Makes Minecraft Java Edition 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 Laptop-unique Java version of Minecraft, which still has a heavy user-base, has yet to obtain any official VR therapy.



Step forward QuestCraft, a newly launched mod that allows VR compatibility for Minecraft Java. fake it till you make it Announced earlier this week, QuestCraft's reveal was accompanied by a trailer displaying the mod in action. You possibly can view the video below, but it allows full head-monitoring in Minecraft, and adjusts UI features like menus to be useful in VR, ie, letting you progress gadgets around in a pop-up stock window. It also permits contact controls to a limited degree. You may transfer your arms round, but it surely seems that interactions are primarily button-based mostly.



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



You'll be able to obtain QuestCraft by way of the Github page, which additionally provides directions for installation. Fair word of warning, the installation process is sort of sophisticated, and requires a 3rd-social gathering mod-set up service like SideQuest or QuestToolBox. The Github web page also recommends an inventory of mods to help enhance efficiency, reminiscent of Cull Leaves (opens in new tab) and Lithium (opens in new tab)amongst others.



As for why you'd need a slightly janky VR mod for Minecraft Java, fairly than taking part in the official Minecraft VR app, the short answer is that Minecraft Java supports a variety of mods that either aren't catered for in any respect by the Bedrock edition, or must be purchased separately. In case you just want to play vanilla Minecraft in VR, then the official app is the one to go for. But when you've acquired your personal Java-based mostly Minecraft server customised with a bunch of mods, or simply don't desire to purchase Minecraft again, then QuestCraft lets you step into that world and gawp at it in stereoscopic 3D.