We're thrilled to announce Minecraft for the #Rift! Tune in to the #OC2 keynotes: http://ocul.us/twitch
— Oculus (@oculus) September 18, 2015
The second day of this year's Oculus Connect conference for virtual reality developers kicked off with an announcement-rich keynote presentation, and while the event was short on new game announcements, one big one got the crowd's attention: Minecraft. A brief video confirmed that the hit game's Windows 10 edition will launch on Oculus Rift "next year," and it will allow players to navigate their blocky worlds in VR with the Xbox One controller.
Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe confirmed that the Oculus Touch handheld controller system will launch in the "second quarter next year," which is a firmer confirmation than a previous "first half of 2016" estimate. After showing off that system's impressive "toybox" demo, Iribe confirmed that the Touch controllers will require a second motion sensor "for improved sensing," so be ready to make room in your home's potential VR room should you want to try the tech out.
The Touch sizzle reel confirmed that a few previously SteamVR exclusive games would now also launch for Oculus Touch, including Job Simulator and The Gallery: Six Elements. It also had Oculus's own answer to SteamVR's Tilt Brush, a "digital clay molding" art app called Medium. "Every great platform has to have a paint app, and this is our paint app," Iribe told the Oculus Connect crowd.
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