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CNET News - Minecraft + HoloLens = Whoa!

2015-06-15
with that in mind please let me welcome sax person from Microsoft Studios and we're excited to be able to show a new version of Minecraft built specifically for microsoft hololens Thank You Lydia to show a demo today we're using a special camera this display technique is like putting a hololens right on the camera itself allowing the entire audience to see the holograms now this is a live demo with real working code let's show what it can do you can play the Minecraft you know today on hololens sax grabbed his xbox controller to play through a giant holographic portal into a 3d Minecraft world right on the wall even though I don't have a hololens I'm able to play together with sax from my surface are you gonna come join my game Lydia I've been now I see you jumping around one of the cool things about hololens is that it lets you display Minecraft virtually anywhere you can get different perspectives on your Minecraft world it's awesome to play with the controller but could we show them something new sax sure let's take my experience off the wall and then put it on the table over here create world I see Lydia way up there as I run around and play sax can easily navigate and manipulate the world using his voice and his hands he can walk around the hologram pan around four different viewpoints and even look inside let's follow Lydia around puppet follow player I can zoom in and out for a better perspective closer all the way in close-up what are you up to Lydia I'm hopping in a minecart let's take a ride down to the village we're gonna pick a different perspective overview it's incredibly cool down minecraft on your table imagine seeing your own world like this isn't it crazy that I see Sachs just standing at the table but through the hololens he can see a whole Minecraft universe at his fingertips you can even raise the entire world and see things that are normally hidden way underneath the ground could you give us a sneak peek of what's under that village stacks sure grab the world lift it up let's see what's hiding underneath Lydia loo huge stronghold right underneath I'm gonna mark that for you Mac that are you gonna have to find a way to break in I see it I'm on my way there now I'm placing some TNT so I can blow my way into this stronghold I could use a light though Sachs your strategy using hololens I have access to all console commands and minecraft just using my boys but I can just focus my gaze on the TNT and say lightning strike step back whoa there's a lot of materials down there I wouldn't have seen without you one more thing I want to do with lightning you pigpen over here I think the pigs need an upgrade lightning strikes there you have it zombie pigmen
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