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Minecraft will officially stop supporting all virtual reality headsets after March 2025, according to an update posted to the Bedrock changelog. The update means Minecraft will no longer support devices like the Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality headsets, or the Meta Quest (through Quest Link), as reported earlier by UploadVR.

Last month, Minecraft developer Mojang also announced that the game would end support for PlayStation VR headsets next March. When Minecraft’s spring update rolls around, Mojang says you can “keep building in your worlds, and your Marketplace purchases (including Minecoins) will continue to be available on a non-VR/MR graphics device such as a computer monitor.”

As pointed out by UploadVR, you’ll still be able to play Minecraft in VR on PC by using the Java version of the game — either by downloading a VR mod like Vivecraft or using a standalone VR port such as QuestCraft.

Minecraft initially launched on Samsung’s Gear VR headsets in 2016 before adding support for the Oculus Rift, and PlayStation VR. Before ending support for VR, Mojang also shut down Minecraft Earth, its augmented-reality mobile app, in 2020.

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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 88 points 2 days ago

This is why Java edition and mods reign supreme.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

id love for the more optimized and less spaghetti-coded bedrock version wasnt so bad.

but if they are gonna pull that crap id rather be on java forever.

[-] Voltage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago

I been playing bedrock with my brother for a week now and it is good, mobs actually feel like a threat now and there are very small details to game. Like swords doing more damage to mobs than axes but when the mob is wet or is raining the axe does more damage.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

yeah, java is like that too nowadays, microsoft maintains feature parity for now

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