Minecraft VR demos hit Microsoft’s stores

Microsoft is using a blocky virtual world to lure gamers to the mall.

Select Microsoft Stores around the country now feature a demo station where you can try out the low-fidelity survival phenomenon Minecraft in virtual reality. Microsoft worked with Oculus VR, maker of the Oculus Rift VR headset, to bring the Windows 10 Edition to that immersive gaming platform last month. That version enables players to put on the headset and look around inside polygonal universe. For many young people who are growing up on Minecraft since it first debuted in 2009, they now have a chance to walk around the world in first-person.