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Oculus Rift might just have got its killer app, with the VR firm confirming yesterday that Minecraft is coming to the platform.
We’re thrilled to announce Minecraft for the #Rift! Tune in to the #OC2 keynotes: http://t.co/fmSRmeDvLh pic.twitter.com/Nk6gpwDmrC
— Oculus (@oculus) September 24, 2015
The blockbuster title’s appearance on Oculus can be put down to the hard work from Carmack who pretty much did the port himself, even though Microsoft wasn’t paying him.
Carmack even signed a contract which made it clear that all his work on the game belonged to MS.
“This is terrible, they own everything you do, we have no recourse, there’s no recourse any of this will happen,” said Carmack from the perspective his the lawyers during his keynote talk at Oculus Connect 2 yesterday. “John, you’re basically working for Microsoft when you’re working on this.”
Still, Carmack believes this is a small price to pay.
“I think [Minecraft is] the single most important application that we can do for virtual reality, to make sure that we have an army of fanatic, passionate supporters that will advocate why VR is great,” he said. “This is why you want to do some of it every single day. It’s part of this infinite playability that we’re currently lacking in our current set of titles. So this is a huge, huge win for me. Everybody that work on that at Oculus and Facebook, you all have my deepest thanks for making this happen.”
Source: PC Gamer
