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This page describes an edition of the game that has been officially discontinued.
 
This edition is no longer updated nor available for download but can still be played if previously downloaded on a compatible device or through a physical copy, and has been replaced with Bedrock Edition.
Minecraft: Gear VR Edition
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Minecraft: Gear VR Edition[2] was the former title of the version of Bedrock Edition designed for virtual reality, which was available for Samsung Galaxy Note 4 through Galaxy Note 9, and Galaxy S6 through Galaxy S10[a] through the Samsung Gear VR headset. It had crossplay with Pocket Edition and its derived editions. It was released on April 27, 2016,[3][4] as a port from v0.14.2 alpha.[5][2] Although Pocket Edition was released on the Galaxy Store, Gear VR Edition was never made free to owners of Pocket Edition on that platform. Following the Better Together Update, it is no longer named Gear VR Edition.

As of 1.16.40, Minecraft for Gear VR has been discontinued, and has not recieved further updates.[6]

The most recent feature update for Minecraft on Gear VR devices was the Nether Update.

Development

The idea of Minecraft for Gear VR devices first started in 2014 with John Carmack, who at the time was the CTO of Oculus. He tweeted the following, 7 months after Notch initially recused Oculus:[7]

@notch @brendaniribe say the word, ship the source, and i'll make sure It runs well on you-know-what...

— John Carmack on porting Minecraft to Oculus Rift[8]

In 2015, John Carmack announced that Oculus Rift support would come to Windows 10 Edition the following year, but has said that a Gear VR edition is on the way and is essentially being ported from Pocket Edition:

@Kithop @_tomcc it isn't Win 10 only, it is also GearVR, which the java code was never going to run effectively on. Not Mac/Linux, true.

— John Carmack on porting Minecraft to Oculus Rift and Gear VR[9]

Minecraft: Gear VR Edition was then confirmed to be released in spring.[10][11]

Trailer

  • Minecraft: Gear VR Edition logo
    Minecraft: Gear VR Edition logo

Notes

  1. ↑ This also includes Galaxy Note Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S7 Edge, and Galaxy S10e.

References

  1. ↑ "Minecon 2015 - Day Two" – Mojang on Twitch, July 5, 2015 (timestamp needed)
  2. ↑ a b c "Minecraft Gear VR" (archived) – Oculus, April 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Minecraft arrives on Gear VR today!" (archived) by Marsh Davies – Mojang, April 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Minecraft is Now Available on Gear VR!" – Meta Quest on YouTube, April 27, 2016
  5. ↑ "We’re excited to announce that Minecraft: Gear VR Edition is now available! http://ocul.us/Minecraft" – @MetaQuestVR on X (formerly Twitter), April 27, 2016
  6. ↑ "Important News Regarding Minecraft Mobile" (archived) by Staff – Minecraft.net, August 7, 2020.
  7. ↑ "We were in talks about maybe bringing a version of Minecraft to Oculus. I just cancelled that deal. Facebook creeps me out." – @notch (Markus Persson) on X (formerly Twitter), March 25, 2014
  8. ↑ https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/532308763177664513
  9. ↑ https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/652163573787963392
  10. ↑ "Hands-on with Minecraft for the Gear VR, and why it’s John Carmack’s favorite platform" (Archive) by Charlie Hall – Polygon, March 17, 2016.
  11. ↑ "John Carmack Told Us What Makes Minecraft VR So Special" (Archive) by Matt Peckham – Time, March 16, 2016.

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