Kinect Hack Turns Minecraft Players Into Giant Monuments

[Tom Goldman]

Kinect Hack Turns Minecraft Players Into Giant Monuments

Minecraft's creatures will be forced to worship you after using this Kinect hack.

Kinect hacker Nathan Viniconis has turned Microsoft's device into something like one of those Tron lasers that takes real people and puts them into the digital world of Minecraft. However, it doesn't create in-game characters as much as it creates in-game monuments.

If you require the denizens of Minecraft to bow down and pray to you every day lest you strike them down with your fists, it's pretty much a perfect way to create a reminder. It basically works like a camera, with Kinect taking a snapshot that's transformed into a Minecraft statue.

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Technically, the hack uses Kinect to take both RGB and depth images of the humans standing in front of it, with background excluded. When this data is imported into Minecraft, the program does its best to create a giant statue of Kinect's subjects in the game using blocks of a similar color. As you can see, it works pretty well.

If you absolutely must have a monument dedicated to your greatness in Minecraft, Viniconis has written out everything you need to know cute dogs [http://www.orderofevents.com/MineCraft/KinectInfo.htm].

Source: Order of Events [http://www.orderofevents.com/MineCraft/KinectInfo.htm]


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[Katherine Kerensky]

This alone would make me want to get Kinect...
It looks so great, would be brilliant for my server...
But I like to keep what little privacy I can from Microsoft, so no Kinect for me.

 

[Silver Scribbler]

Funny that the most interesting things about Kinect have turned out to be the hacks people have created for it.

I have to say, this one is pretty awesome.

 

[The Cheezy One]

That is monumental!

 

[Daemascus]

Would it be possible to scan non people objects in? Like say... A building made of legos?

Edit: screw the building, probely wont work. Scan in optimas prime!

 

[Femaref]

Would it be possible to scan non people objects in? Like say... A building made of legos?

Yes, this would be possible. However, you still have to problem of the back not being captured and thus not included. If you adjust the program and use multiple kinects, it should be possible.

 

[Daemascus]

Would it be possible to scan non people objects in? Like say... A building made of legos?

Yes, this would be possible. However, you still have to problem of the back not being captured and thus not included. If you adjust the program and use multiple kinects, it should be possible.

Or one kinect with muiltiple shots

 

[WilliamRLBaker]

Funny that the most interesting things about Kinect have turned out to be the hacks people have created for it.

I have to say, this one is pretty awesome.

its that way for most every thing on last check...

 

[Femaref]

Would it be possible to scan non people objects in? Like say... A building made of legos?

Yes, this would be possible. However, you still have to problem of the back not being captured and thus not included. If you adjust the program and use multiple kinects, it should be possible.

Or one kinect with muiltiple shots

Hm, possible while very difficult because you need to set those pictures into relation, which would be done with a calibration surface - if you'd have to move it, this wouldn't be possible and thus produces a less than optimal representation of the object. However, due to the nature of minecraft, this probably would go unnoticed unless the angle really deviates from the expected, producing a skewed 3D-model.

 

[Marsell]

Wow, a reason to buy kinect.
If they prefect it, that will bring the total up to 1.

 

[Daemascus]

Would it be possible to scan non people objects in? Like say... A building made of legos?

Yes, this would be possible. However, you still have to problem of the back not being captured and thus not included. If you adjust the program and use multiple kinects, it should be possible.

Or one kinect with muiltiple shots

Hm, possible while very difficult because you need to set those pictures into relation, which would be done with a calibration surface - if you'd have to move it, this wouldn't be possible and thus produces a less than optimal representation of the object. However, due to the nature of minecraft, this probably would go unnoticed unless the angle really deviates from the expected, producing a skewed 3D-model.

Im sure someone is working on it.

 

[XT inc]

oh sure its all fun and games until someone makes their world full of scanned wang monuments, You know he is out there right now plotting to use this tech for the lawls.

 

[Sindre1]

Lets see Move or Wii do that

 

[DSK-]

I wonder what other usability Kinect has with Minecraft.

 

[Danpascooch]

Lets see Move or Wii do that

It's impossible for Wii, but the Ps-Eye could easily do it, if that's what you meant, and not just taking a stupid stab against Ninten n' Sony

Pseye doesn't have the capabilities.

 

[TimeLord]

I...I'm speechless at the awesomeness.

I would actually buy a Kinect if this was an actual feature in it!