covering the week's top tech stories with a slight linux bias minecraft is making the jump to playstation vr minecraft is already available in vr forum for windows 10 with the oculus rift and windows mixed reality plus there's a samsung gear vr version minecraft playstation vr is based on minecraft vr tech from these other vr platforms mojang studios executive producer roger carpenter said everyone who has minecraft on playstation 4 will get that patch automatically download that patch and you'll get access to the new microsoft vr functionality of course you'll need a psvr setup in order to use it the ongoing covet 19 pandemic forced them to adjust how they develop minecraft carpenter added but the process was relatively drama-free skybox labs also working on halo infinite helped mojang work on this release the minecraft playstation vr experience will retain everything from the base ps4 version and we'll add a bunch of new settings this includes two ways to play the game immersive and living room mojang didn't expand on what that means but if we were to guess the letter the latter may feel like sitting in a virtual room and playing on a giant screen mojang didn't reveal whether minecraft playstation vr will work with the upcoming ps5 sony has said their playstation move motion controllers playstation vr aim controller and playstation camera will all work with supported ps vr games on the ps5 but it's not yet entirely clear what that means get your playstation vr ready the free update drops later this month you