{"id":47811,"date":"2012-11-26T11:02:16","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T09:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=47811"},"modified":"2012-11-26T11:03:39","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T09:03:39","slug":"minecraft-reality-puts-your-virtual-creations-into-real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/47811-minecraft-reality-puts-your-virtual-creations-into-real-life","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft Reality puts your virtual creations into real life"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the things I’ve never quite understood about Minecraft is, you know, the point<\/em> of it. People spend hours, days, even months building amazing things for no good reason except to say that they did. Now, a new augmented reality app is going to change all that by superimposing your Minecraft creations on actual reality. Well, your photos and videos of actual reality. It’s close enough.<\/p>\n

The Minecraft Reality app<\/a> lets you upload your Minecraft objects to a website, and then “using advanced computer vision”, place those objects into your smartphone’s photos and videos like this:<\/p>\n

\"Minecraft<\/a>

Cheaper and faster than building it out of Lego.<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally, an opportunity to share your collection of monolithic genitalia with the world.<\/p>\n

The $1.99 app is already available for iOS<\/a>, although it’s optimised for iPhone 5, with “most functionality” not supported on the iPhone 4 or older devices.<\/p>\n