Breath of the Wild just picked up a VR port, unofficially, of course. A new BetterVR mod for the Wii U version, running via Cemu on PC, lets you strap on a headset and actually be in Hyrule instead of just squinting through Nintendo’s old Labo VR cardboard experiment.
Through the BetterVR mod, you get full stereoscopic 3D, proper 6DOF head tracking, and motion-controlled combat, all layered on top of the emulated Wii U release. That means you lean to peek over cliffs, physically draw your bow, swing weapons with your hands, and generally turn all those moments into actual mechanics. The whole thing runs through Cemu on a reasonably beefy PC, paired with a PC VR headset (or something like a Quest streaming over Virtual Desktop), plus a legal copy of the game.
The much-maligned Labo mode was basically a low-res novelty taped to your face. Here, the world is rendered in proper stereo, targeting VR-friendly framerates, with options for both first-person and third-person play depending on how much motion you can handle before needing a lie-down. It’s not flawless; this is still emulation, so you’re dealing with the usual frame pacing hiccups and potential texture weirdness, but early impressions call it “amazing” and “borderline magical” when everything behaves.
With this mod, you’re not just replaying Breath of the Wild at a higher resolution; you’re fundamentally changing how the world feels to inhabit and adding another dimension to an already massive game. It’s another reminder that some of the wildest “next-gen” experiences are happening far away from official storefronts and hardware makers, and that your dusty old Wii U dump might be the key to one of the best VR adventures you can play right now.
Source: Kotaku
