Mojang introduced final month it was dropping PSVR help for Minecraft in 2025, which was largely comprehensible contemplating the headset is now eight years previous. Within the launch notes of the most recent Bedrock replace although, the studio says PC VR is getting the boot too.
Like PSVR help for Minecraft, the favored block-building recreation will finish help for PC VR headsets after March of 2025.
“After you obtain the ultimate replace, you’ll nonetheless obtain updates in your PC and have the ability to play and not using a VR/MR machine,” the Bedrock 1.21.40 changelog reads, echoing the earlier assertion made about PSVR.
Minecraft Bedrock version initially rolled out Oculus Rift help in 2016, after which in 2017 for Home windows VR headsets. The workforce later adopted OpenXR, permitting help for all SteamVR headsets. Meta has since delisted Minecraft for Rift after abandoning updates in 2021, leaving solely the Home windows Retailer model for downloading official PC VR help thereafter.
Whereas PSVR customers are excessive and dry, a standard answer for PC VR customers has all the time been to put in Vivecraft, which helps Minecraft Java variations 1.7.10, and 1.10 by way of 1.20.1. The favored mod helps single participant, LAN multi-player, and server multi-player—i.e., not official Minecraft servers, and no cross-play between different Bedrock variations, resembling Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Swap, or cell.
Notably, Quest customers can play Minecraft too because of the unofficial QuestCraft mod, which packages Vivecraft and Pojlib in a standalone port of Minecraft’s Java version, which incorporates all the cross-play caveats above.
Right here’s the total message from Mojang beneath saying the tip of OpenXR help:
Our skill to help VR/MR units has come to an finish, and can not be supported in updates after March of 2025, when you’ll obtain your closing replace. After you obtain the ultimate replace, you’ll nonetheless obtain updates in your PC and have the ability to play and not using a VR/MR machine. From this level on you may maintain constructing in your worlds, and your Market purchases (together with Minecoins) will proceed to be obtainable on a non-VR/MR graphics machine resembling a pc monitor. You’ll not have the ability to use your VR/MR machine with Minecraft as it’ll not be supported within the newest updates.
