Minecraft for the Oculus Rift shows the promise and perils of porting a game to VR

Of all the virtual reality games to leave me feeling disoriented, Minecraft was the one I least expected. The pixel-art game, which Microsoft announced today would be coming to the Oculus Rift headset when it starts shipping next month, was a surprisingly immersive VR experience when I tried it last week. But as one of the only upcoming Rift games not built from the ground up for VR, Minecraft is a perfect example of how transitioning a traditional game to a 360-degree environment has its downsides.

For a title with such low-resolution graphics, Minecraft felt more real than any other VR title I've tried to date. That's mostly because the powerful gaming PC it was running on wasn't trying to render a world with photorealistic visuals....

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