QuestCraft Makes Minecraft Java Edition Playable On Quest 2

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



Step forward QuestCraft, a newly released mod that enables VR compatibility for Minecraft Java. Introduced earlier this week, QuestCraft's reveal was accompanied by a trailer displaying the mod in action. You may view the video beneath, but it enables full head-monitoring in Minecraft, and adjusts UI options like menus to be practical in VR, ie, letting you move objects around in a pop-up stock window. It also enables touch controls to a limited degree. You can move your arms round, however it appears that interactions are primarily button-based.



QuestCraft requires an existing version of Minecraft Java to use, performing as a 'wrapper' that launches Minecraft on 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 developers of the mod declare this is "because Minecraft is a very badly optimized sport".



You'll be able to download QuestCraft via the Github web page, which also provides directions for installation. Fair phrase of warning, the set up course of is quite difficult, and requires a third-occasion mod-installation service like SideQuest or QuestToolBox. The Github page also recommends a list of mods to help improve performance, similar to Cull Leaves (opens in new tab) and Lithium (opens in new tab)amongst others. Minecraft server list



As for why you'd want a slightly janky VR mod for Minecraft Java, moderately than enjoying the official Minecraft VR app, the brief answer is that Minecraft Java supports a variety of mods that either aren't catered for at all by the Bedrock edition, or should be purchased separately. When you just wish to play vanilla Minecraft in VR, then the official app is the one to go for. But when you've got acquired your personal Java-primarily based Minecraft server customised with a bunch of mods, or just don't desire to purchase Minecraft once more, then QuestCraft permits you to step into that world and gawp at it in stereoscopic 3D.