Starting today, Microsoft and Oculus are releasing a free update to Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta which will enable gameplay using Oculus Rift devices. The VR experience in Minecraft offers the performance advantages of DX11, optimized even further to augment the VR experience, and there are a ton of new options in addition to the VR features previously added to the Gear VR Edition of Minecraft. Many VR-specific options are recorded separately, so you can customize your VR experience, and still have your traditional Minecraft experience exactly how you left it.

There is innate support for keyboard and mouse, and a variety of VR control options for comfortable turning with the Xbox One controller. Microsoft is also supporting MSAA in VR for crisp visuals, and there are new render distance settings that will put your VR graphics card into good use.