Virtual Reality Minecraft

Microsoft has shown the world just how Minecraft can get even more interesting in virtual reality.

16:35 02 March 2016

In 2014, Microsoft bought Minecraft for $2.5bn and promised that it would invest in bringing the block-building phenomenon to a whole new level – and it seems that they did not disappoint.

 

At an event in San Francisco’s trendy Mission District, its Xbox division showed off the virtual reality version of Minecraft for the first time.

 

Palmer Luckey, creator of the Oculus Rift VR headset, said: "It makes you feel like you're inside the world of Minecraft.”

 

Although it is utterly absorbing, gamers have to spend $1,500 to buy an Oculus Rift headset and a PC powerful enough to power it.

 

However, Mr Luckey doesn’t think that it’s expensive.

 

"I mean, it is expensive relative to everything else out in the world, but if you look at it compared to a mobile phone or television, you're getting a lot more technology.

 

"It's not like this is simple hardware, and the cost is going to go down over time."