Minecraft officially responds to Oculus Rift, so that it can enter the world of Micra following Gear VR

In September 2015Minecraft's Windows version 10 corresponds to the VR headset "Oculus Rift"There was a news that, about one year passed since then, local time released on August 15 "Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta"It was announced that it corresponded to Oculus Rift.

Experience Minecraft in a whole new way with Oculus Rift Today - Xbox Wire
http://news.xbox.com/2016/08/15/experience-minecraft-whole-new-way-oculus-rift-today/


Experience Minecraft in a whole new way with Oculus Rift starting today | Windows Experience Blog
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/08/15/experience-minecraft-in-a-whole-new-way-with-oculus-rift-starting-today/


Regarding VR compliance of Minecraft, in the autumn of 2015, announcement that Microsoft is developing with partner Oculus was done, and in March 2016 ahead of shipment of Oculus RiftOculus Rift version Minecraft gameplay videoHas been released.

However, as a VR compatible version, in April"Minecraft: Gear VR Edition" compatible with Gear VR is released firstThen, four months later, "Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta" corresponding to Oculus Rift will be released. The price is $ 9.99 (about 1010 yen). Although it was in a state that it could be purchased at the Microsoft Store, it was not in the Japanese version store.

Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta - Windows Games on Microsoft Store
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/minecraft-windows-10-edition-beta/9nblggh2jhxj


Oculus Rift and Gear VR line up on the VR page of the maincraft official website.

Minecraft.net - Explore Minecraft in VR
https://minecraft.net/en/vr/


The newly released image looks like this. There is a glimpse of another play different from the game playing movie in March.

How we made Minecraft for Virtual Reality - YouTube


You can experience as if you were inside the Micra world.




Menu in the air


"Height" is a game with meaning, so it seems to be able to enjoy the experience of looking up and overlooking frighteningly.


By the way, "Minecraft-vr.com" which had been offering MOD for VR informally until now has closed the site because there was a request from the developer Mojang not to use the name "Minecraft". People who need it are "VivecraftWe call on you to use.

Minecrift shutting down due to request by Mojang: oculus
https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/4xq4yp/minecrift_shutting_down_due_to_request_by_mojang/