A virtual smartphone that operates on Maincraft appears, the borderline between reality and game disappears with a camera / browser

In the game of MinecraftJapanese ArchipelagoYou can build,word processorSugo Arm user who made it, has appeared, Verizon, the largest mobile operator in the US, has made a smartphone that actually operates in the game. Verizon's smartphone is equipped with functions to connect reality with games such as browsing and cameras, which is a must-see content.

Verizon in Minecraft
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The appearance that Verizon's smartphone is operating at Minecraft can be checked from the following movie.

Minecraft: Working Cell Phone w / Web Browser and Video Calling - YouTube


It is regarded as an expert of MinecraftCaptain SparklezMake a demonstration play of the virtual smartphone made by Verizon.


First of all, I use smartphones to create materials, but "something hard to believe is written," browsing the web and video chatting is possible ".


Once you make a smartphone, set it in the air.


When installed, a huge smartphone appeared in the game.


When you press the home button, "Connect to the network is necessary" appears on the lower right of the screen.


To connect to the network, build a radio tower OK.


Installing a small radio tower ......


Assembly will start automatically.


The radio tower is high and it seems that construction is progressing even in the air.


When finished building, push the lever attached to the base of the radio tower.


The base of the radio tower and the parts built in the air were connected by something like radio waves.


From the top of the smartphone something like a radiant radio wave comes out ......


It was connected to a radio tower.


Looking at the screen of the smartphone, it seems that three antennas are standing and are properly connected to the network.


Try pressing the icon of the browser in the lower right corner of the smartphone once.


When you tap the icon, the message "Please enter the URL" appears and Captain SparklezThe URL where the image of the dog is displayedEnter.


Something like a dog was displayed on the smartphone with big dots.


When you compare the original image displayed on the upper right with the Minecraft smartphone, you can see that the image is displayed properly.


If you press the scroll button ...


The screen shifted downwards, the whole view of the image of the dog came out.


Next is Captain SparklezURL of channel opened on YoutubeEnter.


Even if the URL opens, I do not know what is displayed at first sight ... ...


Looking at the actual page, this street. It is shocking for real world browsing to be possible with smartphones made in the game world.


Next is video chat. When you hit the video chat icon in the menu bar, five contacts are displayed in the lower left. "Vznbot" in this is an account that Captain Sparklez is logging in as a tablet.


When you call "vznbot" from the smartphone in Minecraft, the video of Captain Sparklez is displayed on the smartphone and it seems that the video chat is really connected. You can see that the image of the front camera of the tablet is shown on the smartphone in the game.


Closing the tablet to the face, the video of the smartphone in the game was also up.


On the contrary, the video captured by the camera mounted on the in-game smartphone is also displayed on Captain Sparklez's tablet so that it can enjoy two-way communication.


According to Verizon, it is very interesting to see how smartphones in the game and real-world tablets are connected, but web applications that convert real-world web pages and streaming movies into blocks "Boxel"It is said that the visual information of web pages and movies are converted into blocks by Minecraft server in real time. In order to reflect the information converted by Boxel in the world of Minecraft from the real world,Boxel-client"We use a server plugin called. Verizon has released its own Boxel and Boxel-client as open source on GitHub, so that anyone can use it and play it, and it is possible that Verizon can order pizza on the Internet from within Minecraft.