QuestCraft Makes Minecraft: Java Version Playable On Quest 2

Minecraft VR (opens in new tab) has been obtainable on Oculus headsets since 2016, but Microsoft's official app is based upon the Bedrock edition of Minecraft. EXTREME CRAFT -unique Java edition of Minecraft, which still has a heavy consumer-base, has yet to obtain any official VR remedy.

Step ahead QuestCraft, a newly released mod that allows VR compatibility for Minecraft Java. Introduced earlier this week, QuestCraft's reveal was accompanied by a trailer showing the mod in motion. You may view the video under, however it enables full head-monitoring in Minecraft, and adjusts UI features like menus to be practical in VR, ie, letting you move objects round in a pop-up inventory window. It also enables touch controls to a restricted degree. You may move your arms round, but it seems that interactions are primarily button-based.

QuestCraft requires an present version of Minecraft Java to make use of, performing as a 'wrapper' that launches Minecraft in your quest. It is presently in Beta, with performance 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 declare that is "as a result of Minecraft is a really badly optimized game".

You may obtain QuestCraft through the Github page, which additionally provides instructions for set up. Fair word of warning, the set up process is kind of complicated, and requires a 3rd-party mod-set up service like SideQuest or QuestToolBox. The Github page additionally recommends a listing of mods to help enhance efficiency, corresponding 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, moderately than taking part in the official Minecraft VR app, the short reply is that Minecraft Java supports a variety of mods that either aren't catered for at all by the Bedrock version, or must be bought separately. If you simply need to play vanilla Minecraft in VR, then the official app is the one to go for. But if you have obtained your personal Java-based Minecraft server customised with a bunch of mods, or just don't need to purchase Minecraft once more, then QuestCraft permits you to step into that world and gawp at it in stereoscopic 3D.