Microsoft Brings Minecraft to Oculus Rift

Microsoft and Mojang announced the launch of Oculus Rift support in Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta.

Microsoft and Mojang announced the launch of Oculus Rift support in Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta. All owners of the game on Windows 10 can now download the Minecraft application from the Oculus Store for free.

With this release, Mojang added keyboard and mouse support to the virtual reality experience, as well as “VR control options for immersive comfortable turning with the Xbox One controller.”

In an Xbox Wire news post, Mike McGrath, Minecraft AR/VR developer, detailed some of the game’s additional changes:

We’re also supporting MSAA in VR for crisp visuals, and there are new render distance settings that will put your powerful VR graphics card into good use.

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