Google’s Project Tango has a Minecraft demo, too

At a demonstration of the newest in new Project Tango hardware and software by Google at GTC 2015 we've gotten the opportunity to take a peek at an off-brand Minecraft. "This is sort of our homage to Minecraft," said Google ATAP Technical Program Lead Johnny Chung Lee. He proceeded to create a brick house in a 3D space using the newest Project Tango tablet with NVIDIA Tegra K1 inside. The tablet's screen has a pointer, just like Minecraft, and a building exists in a virtual, yet real, space.

Much like we saw with Microsoft's HoloLens, but here with a tablet as a lens instead of a headset, Google has shown off a demo that allows you to explore 3D space with square blocks - inside the room you're in. Bricks are dropped and spaces are built.

Once you've stood back, having created a lovely structure, you can bend down and move the tablet in real space into the virtual space. Watch as Lee creates a tiny building from afar, then bends down and moves forward, virtually walking in the door to the building he just created.