When geek worlds collide: Using a Kinect hack to create giant sculptures of yourself in Minecraft

Creating a gigantic monument to yourself in Minecraft just got a hell of a lot easier, with a hell of a lot less actual mining with a Kinect hack that takes color and depth information and translates it into a massive 3D Minecraft sculpture.

Nathan Viniconis has figured out a way to take the depth and colour data Kinect is able to pick up from a 3D space and get Minecraft to work out not only how to recreate the image as a collection of the game’s trademark tiles, but even take a stab at getting the right coloured elements to match the colours in the image.

You can read the very detailed instructions on how this works here

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