Minecraft augmented reality app announced for iOS

So creater of Minecraft rejects Microsoft's platform (Windows RT/8) because it's closed, moves on to develop for iOS.<p>Yes, I remember the idea, being that Windows used to be an open platform, so closing it down is bad. But so was Mac OS.<p>This is still hypocritical as heck.

"You could put an exploding creeper in your school..."<p>I am not sure the placement of an explosive thing in a school was the best example they could have come up with. It's not that big of a deal, but it is just generally better to stay away from it.

Been using this on iPhone 5 for a few minutes. It works really well. The UI is well put together. 3d tracking is pretty spot on. I'm in a low-light room and it works fine. They seem to be having some server load issues at the moment, as I frequently am getting network connection errors from the app when it's looking for new models. That's a minor issue that I'm sure they'll get fixed.

I have a group of friends that were thinking about doing something similar, unfortunately for them, they were just starting to shape the idea, while Mojang seems very ahead in development.

Wow, anyone have the app? Is the tracking that good? That's way better than I tend to see.<p>That said, can't you define precise hardware requirements for apps? Why don't they restrict the sale of the app to exclude iPod 4th gen users, if it won't work on it?

The actual iOS app seems pretty buggy at the moment. Many of the ratings are exceedingly negative.<p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minecraft-reality/id577991556" rel="nofollow">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minecraft-reality/id57799155...</a>

I'm hoping there's some sort of flagging models as unacceptable. If anyone can put anything anywhere, then I expect a large number of trolling images like penises and schwasticas to be ... everywhere.

Kind of funny that Microsoft, Sony, and Mojang all attempted to solve their market saturation based profit deceleration (Xbox 360, PS3, and Minecraft respectively) issues with computer vision supplements (Kinect, PlayStation Move, augmented reality app respectively). Any doubt that further integrating and improving computer vision in gaming will be the dominant industry move over the next few years?

In the demo video the augmented elements seem to blend very well into the surrounding dynamic lighting. In the real world it never looks that good, especially in an outdoor setting where the lighting changes throughout the day.

anyone curious what similar apps were available for android, <a href="http://www.augmentedev.com/home.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.augmentedev.com/home.php</a> seems quite nice - i'm not entirely convinced by the process, it could use some streamlining.. but it is reasonably easy to upload your own 3d model and use a qr code to view/share and the result is pretty good.<p>I assume this mojang app uses markers too?

Word of warning, this definitely did NOT work as well as in the video for me. I can not get any models to lay flat on my hardwood floor, or anywhere for that matter. Pretty disappointing.

That tracking is amazing! Is there an open variant so that I can look under the hood? Or could anyone cite what their implementation is based off?

This is genius. It's like the art from William Gibson's Spook Country come to life, but made practical and tied to a huge fan base.

There really is not much more to say about this than that it is very, very cool.