QuestCraft Makes Minecraft: Java Version Playable On Quest 2

Minecraft VR (opens in new tab) has been obtainable on Oculus headsets since 2016, however Microsoft''s official app relies upon the Bedrock edition of Minecraft. Minecraft servers -exclusive Java edition of Minecraft, which nonetheless has a heavy person-base, has but to obtain any official VR treatment.

Step ahead QuestCraft, a newly launched mod that allows VR compatibility for Minecraft Java. Introduced earlier this week, QuestCraft''s reveal was accompanied by a trailer showing the mod in action. You may view the video under, but it allows full head-monitoring in Minecraft, and adjusts UI features like menus to be useful in VR, ie, letting you progress objects around in a pop-up stock window. It additionally enables touch controls to a limited degree. You possibly can move your arms round, but it surely seems that interactions are primarily button-primarily based.

QuestCraft requires an existing model of Minecraft Java to use, acting as a ''wrapper'' that launches Minecraft in your quest. It''s currently in Beta, with performance reported as being not great by VR specialist site UploadVR. On the mod''s github web page (opens in new tab), the builders of the mod declare that is "because Minecraft is a very badly optimized recreation".

You may download QuestCraft through the Github web page, which additionally supplies directions for installation. Fair phrase of warning, the installation course of is sort of complicated, and requires a third-social gathering mod-set up service like SideQuest or QuestToolBox. The Github web page also recommends a list of mods to assist improve efficiency, similar to Cull Leaves (opens in new tab) and Lithium (opens in new tab)among others.

As for why you''d need a slightly janky VR mod for Minecraft Java, rather than enjoying the official Minecraft VR app, the short reply is that Minecraft Java supports a wide range of mods that either aren''t catered for at all by the Bedrock edition, or must be purchased 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 bought your personal Java-based mostly Minecraft server customised with a bunch of mods, or simply don''t want to purchase Minecraft again, then QuestCraft permits you to step into that world and gawp at it in stereoscopic 3D.