That was always an experiment to create a consumer game on the HoloLens. HoloLens is yet to have a consumer release, and so when it does, we will endeavor to bring something exciting to it. Minecraft Earth is the new AR focus, but Mojang is yet to rule out HoloLens entirely. The second-generation HoloLens lies around the corner but still without entertainment applications or a consumer-friendly variant. The HoloLens demo never made it beyond an E3 2015 presence, as Microsoft doubled down on enterprise implementation. There's something really connecting about learning that a sheep can come up to here on you, it suddenly becomes so much more real." "I tried to pet it and I start chasing it down the hall – my dev manager is following after me, trying to keep me from breaking our one HoloLens. I looked up, there was a sheep, I moved toward the sheep, and it looked at me," said Merriam. "I remember when I first had the HoloLens on, it was a prototype, the whole studio only had one. "There's a conglomerate of complicated technology coming together in this experience that had to evolve." And as you can probably relate to, when we were kids, we all want to jump into our favorite movie and our favorite video game." And as a function of expanding platforms, when we got to augmented reality, it was really visceral and real. My job prior to being Executive Producer for Minecraft Earth was Executive Producer for Minecraft, for the five years before that. ![]() "Previously, I had created the HoloLens version and the VR version as well. The then-newly-acquired series never saw a formal HoloLens debut, but it's clear where learnings translated to the Minecraft Earth. The ambitious self-contained headset is among pioneers of holographic computing, revealed with a glimpse of tabletop Minecraft, layered upon the real world. While the Pokemon GO boom drew industry-wide attention, Minecraft Earth's AR prowess hails back to its initial HoloLens demonstrations from early 2015. Minecraft Earth arrives four years after the first tease of Minecraft AR, via the Microsoft HoloLens reveal.
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