Microsoft Hints At Minecraft AR Experience Ahead Of 10th Anniversary

10 years. It’ s been 10 years since the launch of what can only be described as one of the most influential video games in the history of entertainment. Released back in May of 2019, Minecraft’s deceitfully-simple art style and unique craft-based gameplay birthed a new genre in video games, launching a never-ending stream of similar survival crafting experiences.Now, at the cusp of the legendary franchises 10th anniversary, Microsoft is teasing a brand new Minecraft experience that will—based on the video provided—have users crafting and mining throughout real-world environments. Released on Microsoft’s official YouTube channel, the video—entitled “What’s Minecraft up to?”— begins with Minecraft creative director Saxs Persson accidentally leaving his personal smartphone on a public bench.It’s at this point a bystander notices his lost property; she picks up the abandoned device or return it to Saxs, but before she can get his attention, she becomes transfixed by what’s happening on the screen. What she’s seeing appears to be an AR-rendition of the classic Minecraft experience projected over her real-world environment.