Minecraft Adding PS4 VR Support in September 2020

Mojang Studios has announced that Minecraft on PS4 will be receiving PlayStation VR support in the last half of September 2020.

Sometime soon the PS4 version of Minecraft will receive an update (patch) that includes the Virtual Reality play options. These new VR modes are called: VR: Immersive and Living Room.

Here’s what the developers had to say about Minecraft VR:

“Once we’ve finished the final bits of polish to the experience, the PS VR support will arrive via a patch for the main Minecraft game. Everyone who has Minecraft on PlayStation 4 will get that patch automatically. Download that patch and you’ll get access to the new Minecraft VR functionality. Of course, you’ll need a PS VR setup in order to use it. All of you have one of those right?! 

But what is Minecraft x PlayStation VR, I hear you say? 

Well… drum roll… it’s Minecraft, but in stellar VR. It is 100% the same Minecraft game that you can play every day, every week, every month, every year…on PlayStation 4. Nothing removed. 100% wholesome & pure full-fat Minecraft.

But surely there must be something different?

Yes, of course! There’s a bunch of new settings & guidance so that you can tweak the VR experience to your needs. There’s also two main ways you can play the game in VR: Immersive and Living Room modes. We think both are cool, but it’s up to you. 

Just like the main game, you use your DualShock 4 controller to move around and do all the crafting and choppy/fighty things that you need to do, but you’ll be fully immersed in your Minecraft world. I guarantee you will jump out of your skin at some point.

Despite the pandemic adjusting how we develop Minecraft, development on Minecraft for PS VR has been relatively drama-free. Dare I say it, normal, even. The Minecraft x PSVR experience itself is based on the Minecraft VR tech that we developed for other VR platforms a few years back. SkyBox Labs took that and have been working their magic to convert and optimise the existing tech for PS VR. And, of course, our friends at Sony have been there all along the way to guide us because they know their system better than anyone. 

It’s been a brilliant team effort and we’re so excited for PlayStation VR’s players to get to experience a gorgeous, immersive version of Minecraft!”

Note: Mojang has yet to answer the hundred questions on the PlayStation Blog announcement whether or not this VR update will support the Move Controllers. Which makes it seem unlikely.

Are you looking forward to Minecraft’s PS4 VR modes?