To show you how it works let me introduce brand Directorate mo yang Lydia winters Lydia thanks CUDA four years ago at e3 I met the mowing team for the very first time soon after I joined them on this unbelievable adventure this game has changed millions of lives including my Own in the past five years we’ve been blown away by the amount of people who have been playing our game the community’s incredible creativity has taken minecraft into places we never could have imagined every day we see new and exciting things being made on July 4th and 5th in London we are going to have the biggest minecraft celebration in the world at Minecon 2015 we can’t wait to share more with the community there and be inspired by their ideas we’re always trying to harness new technology and create new ways of playing the game 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’m in 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 saks sure let’s take AI 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 The place sacks 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 for a bit 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 worlds like this isn’t it crazy that I See sacks 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 mock that for you mock 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 those sacks good strategy using hololens I have access to all console commands in 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 from playing Minecraft on your wall to an entire world right on your table microsoft hololens gives the community a Different way to play in the world they already love we will have even more minecraft news to share at Minecon in a few weeks thank you ladies and gentlemen Gears of War co-creator Rod Fergusson Video Information
This video, titled ‘Minecraft Hololens demo at E3 2015 (amazing!)’, was uploaded by Kotaku on 2015-06-15 18:03:48. It has garnered 5061506 views and 31760 likes. The duration of the video is 00:06:01 or 361 seconds.
Jump to the 2:25 mark. It’s really awesome. Minecraft is a game we’ve seen countless times before. And yet! The virtual reality demo showcased by Microsoft today makes the game almost seem brand new. It’s amazing. We do live in the future. Read more: http://kotaku.com/microsofts-holographic-minecraft-demo-is-stunning-1711435689