After making its way to most modern platforms, Minecraft is all set to now jump onto a platform of the future – virtual reality. The game has been announced by Oculus to be headed to its Rift hardware as well as Samsung’ Gear VR headset.
There’s no particular release date in sight right now, but spring 2016 has been mentioned to be the timeframe during which Minecraft will start being made available on its two new platforms. This news comes around a year and a half following the cancellation of an under-development port of the game by its creator Notch.
Real name Markus Persson, he had expressed displeasure on the fact that Facebook purchased Oculus, and had hence abandoned the project. But the rights to Minecraft now reside with Microsoft, and the PC-maker is game for yet another port of it.
This offering was first introduced back in 2009 in the form of an alpha version, but it only became final in 2011. Since then, it has grown in popularity in such a way that it’s available to play on almost every other gaming platform out there. Recently, a version of the title which will feature a full-fledged story and will be played in the form of an adventure game was also announced.
Minecraft presents you with a randomly generated sandbox world wherein you can build things by collecting resources. Its Creative mode gives you infinite resources, but the Survival mode asks you to craft or mine for resources while staying wary of monsters and other dangers.
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Like we said, there’s no particular release date to be quoted for the virtual reality version of Minecraft, but it can be expected to land sometime during the spring of next year.