'Facebook creeps me out,' Notch cancels Minecraft on Oculus Rift

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Those eager to cobble together monumental structures in virtual reality will be sad to hear that Minecraft is no longer being developed for the Oculus Rift officially.

In August we reported on a series of tweets from Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson in which the developer stated that he was "VERY excited" by the potential of the Oculus Rift headset. Now that Facebook has acquired Oculus Rift, Persson is singing a different, decidedly unhappy tune. "We were in talks about maybe bringing a version of Minecraft to Oculus," Persson tweeted. "I just cancelled that deal. Facebook creeps me out."

We've reached out to Persson for more information on why exactly the social networking giant creeps him out. We will update this post with anything we hear back. In the meantime, those especially hard up for some blocky virtual world building may want to take a look at Minecrift, a Minecraft modification that adds Oculus Rift support to the existing version of Mojang's indie hit.



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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/25/facebook-creeps-me-out-notch-cancels-minecraft-on-oculus-rift/

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Third_EyePosted:

Facebook is on some NSA stuff, and the Oculus Rift looks like a pretty sensitive tool. With the motion sickness it can apparently give you, I don't think laying blocks and killing animals will be so pleasant. Can't blame Notch.

SwiFTAIRBORNEPosted:

Gossip I couldn't agree with him more.


The girl as your profile picture is very pretty.

iOSProPosted:

DownToFitness Realistically I wouldn't want my game on a Social Network that revolves around people begging for attention either.
Makes them look bad.


Oh god. Do you even understand..?

DownToFitnessPosted:

Realistically I wouldn't want my game on a Social Network that revolves around people begging for attention either.
Makes them look bad.

GossipPosted:

I couldn't agree with him more.

RebPosted:

This wouldn't have been an amazing idea anyway in my opinion.
Plus anyone who is giving stick to Zuckerberg doesn't realise he just sits there earning money the decent way, while his financial team sell peoples information, it's not his doing.

EventPosted:

I think this was a good idea though...

DaedricMcDaedricsonPosted:

Good to see people stepping up on FB. Zuckerberg derps everything.

ResortPosted:

I think this was a good idea for him to cancel to be forreal

n3xPosted:

Why did he cancel it?

Stupid imo.