Players of the pixelated building block game have taken its virtual simulation tools to an unprecedented level: building functioning hard drives that can read and write data.
Players of the popular open-world building game Minecraft, created by Markus "Notch" Persson in 2009, continue to push the game beyond any reasonable realm of everyday understanding. These players have built working components of computers within simulations running on computers.
Minecraft, which has been a mainstream title since before Microsoft bought it in 2014, will soon see a big change. It won’t be in the gameplay, but instead, how you log into the game.
3D cameras are on the rise, and this soon-launching Indiegogo campaign from industry veterans Evomotion adds a new twist to the market with their Wunder360 S1. Utilizing AI and deep learning, the dual-lens 360-degree camera can replicate a 3D reconstruction of what it captures, into popular programs such as Minecraft.
Minecraft in all its blocky glory is setting up shop on mobile virtual reality on the Samsung Gear VR.