Kinect Hack Turns Minecraft Players Into Giant Monuments

[Femaref]

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Of course somebody is Microsoft should run with a new tagline: "Kinect - Millions of uses - xbox360 is none of them".

 

[Rad Party God]

I like the idea, it looks kinda neat and awesome, but now I'm wondering, is it really necessary to use a Kinect to make such awesome monuments?, is it possible to use the program to just scan any image and make the game translate it in blocks?.

Also, I'm wondering if the thing considers depth, like the image with the stretching arm to towards the camera, does it translate well in-game?.

Aside from those questions, it looks pretty awesome.

 

[Echo136]

That is amazing! The kinect has officially redeemed itself in my eyes.

 

[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.

The eye is a camera, sure it would take some SERIOUS hacking but it's possible.

If it doesn't take proper depth measurements no amount of hacking will allow it to do this.

 

[Danpascooch]

What does it look like from the back? How would it know what the person looks like from the back anyway? Is the back just flat?

 

[Dogstile]

Its the internet and they've found out how to make parts of themselves GIANT.

I shouldn't have to say what i'm expecting to happen.

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

Bow Before My might Pigs! Bow Before My might Cows! Bow and TREMBLE!.....at the....same time!

 

[Wolfram23]

Holy shit... I'd do that and build a whole fortress inside of me. And I'd but torches in my eyes. FEAR THE GLOWING EYES!

 

[Luftwaffles]

Trolls and griefers would have a field day with this.....

Giant 3D minecraft penis anyone?

 

[Buizel91]

So...if i put my Sonic the Hedgehog teddy in front of Kinect, mine craft would create a Huge Sonic the Hedgehog?...

Must. Resist. Urge! >.<

 

[Erana]

So if someone wore a green shirt, would they be an uber-creeper?

 

[Thaliur]

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.

Microsoft themselves made a software with similar functionality. It's called Photosynth, and can be used to create either interactive panoramic views of a landscape or nearly-threedimensional pictures of anything by comparing and spatially locating specific pixels on each picture imported. Probably similar code could be used to scan objects with the Kinect.

 

[Rainboq]

Lets see Move or Wii do that

Considering that the Natal (I REFUSE to call it "Kinect") is just the Eye-Toy with some new bells and whistles, it would be easy.

 

[Sebenko]

Total reasons to buy this piece of shit: 1.

 

[aPod]

That is monumental!

Haha, that was good. Then I read your name, and it became fucking brilliant.

This is a pretty cool hack though, too bad i do not play or care to play minecraft.

 

[Kermi]

Lets see Move or Wii do that

Considering that the Natal (I REFUSE to call it "Kinect") is just the Eye-Toy with some new bells and whistles, it would be easy.

If by "new bells and whistles", you mean thousands of infrared points of light capable of 3D mapping an object as well as colour detection instead of just being a camera... yeah, other than that they're basically the same thing.

 

[emeraldrafael]

I cnat wait till someone uses this inappropriately.

Anyway, why is it that the entire draw of this Kinect so far has been the hacks? Microsoft might as well have just put it out with no games and offered to buy things from fans who hacked.

 

[rokkolpo]

Kincraft!

Truly brilliant.