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September 24, 2012 03:09 pm GMT
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Play Minecraft in Real Life [VIDEO]
Tired of hacking away at Minecraft blocks in the virtual world?
Fans of the sandbox game can now fulfil their architectural fantasies in the real world. Technology developer Ben Purdy created cardboard cubes with a piezoelectric sensor on the inside, which is hooked up to an Arduino board. Together, they detect physical impact and send "serial data" to Purdy's computer, which then projects the corresponding images.
Purdy displayed his blocks at XOXO, an arts and technology festival in Portland, Ore., where players raced against each other.
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