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1. MICROSOFT MINECRAFT EARTH JUNEWARREN THEVERGE PATCH
2. MICROSOFT MINECRAFT EARTH JUNEWARREN THEVERGE FULL

The game remains a mainstay among young gamers to this day. Microsoft says about half of all children in the U.S. between ages 9 and 11 play Minecraft.Īnd that’s just the beginning. The Minecraft team has a plan to blur the lines between everyday reality and the game’s blocky world. It’s called Minecraft Earth, and it’s the first true augmented reality game you’ll care about. Your heart may sink the first time you see Minecraft Earth’s world map. Its expanse of emerald green grass broken up by the grid of real-world streets immediately brings Pokémon Go to mind. The blocky style of Minecraft is applied, of course, but doesn’t do enough to make the game stand out at a glance. That familiarity is sure to make some players worry Microsoft is looking to cash in on interest for the mobile AR genre. The map’s numerous icons, most of which are ‘tappables’ – chests or resource nodes that you can tap for a reward once you’re within 70 meters – only deepen comparisons. They work much like the PokeStops and Gyms scattered throughout Go. You approach, you tap, and you get a reward.

I imagine at least half your time playing Minecraft Earth will involve wandering around your neighborhood and tapping nearby resources or chests for loot. Eventually, though, you’ll run across an Adventure. That’s when your expectations will be shattered.Īdventures are a holographic mini-game projected onto the real world, using your phone as a window. Approach an Adventure and you’ll see an impressive, but innocuous, hologram appear on your phone as you view the world through your phone’s camera.

MICROSOFT MINECRAFT EARTH JUNEWARREN THEVERGE PATCH

It might be a patch of pixel-art grass in a field, a blocky tree alongside a sidewalk, or a suspicious arrangement of stone in a park. #Minecraft earth minecraft ar junewarren theverge Patch# Unlike the Pokémon in Go, these holograms are anchored to the real world and are designed to map directly to it. If you turn around, the Adventure doesn’t come with you. Jesse Merriam, Minecraft Earth’s Executive Producer told me, “If you want to play Minecraft Earth without augmented reality, you’d have to turn off.”ĪR does have limitations. You can’t pick up a real shovel and start tunneling through your local park to find discover a new dungeon. It’s a bit mind-blowing to come across a classic Minecraft tree and, through your phone, see it blend perfectly into the environment. This is what AR games like Pokémon Go promised but, due to shaky AR quality with the option to turn it off entirely, never really delivered. Minecraft Earth maps the game directly to the real world, in real time, and without forcing you to play within a limited area (like your living room). This is Microsoft flexing its technical know-how on the competition. Your immersion will deepen once you have the chance to play what you see.

MICROSOFT MINECRAFT EARTH JUNEWARREN THEVERGE FULL

One demo plopped me and several other journalists into a dungeon full of skeletons (with little warning, I should add). #Minecraft earth minecraft ar junewarren theverge full#.#Minecraft earth minecraft ar junewarren theverge Patch#.