Minecraft，由瑞典开发人员创建的流行的沙盒视频游戏Mojang，正在使用3D打印将其年轻球员基础的最具创新性和可持续性创造带入生活。
与欧洲分部合作Mimaki, a Japanese manufacturer of inkjet 3D printers, and a French government administration, Minecraft has delivered a nationwide competition in France, focusing on raising awareness of social and environmental issues amongst young people. The competition, which began last year, asked young players to create a sustainable town in Minecraft using the game’s block-building mechanics. Over 1,200 entrants tried their hand at the challenge, with some being as young as thirteen.
使用mimaki3duj-553full-colour 3D printer, the competition organizers were able to 3D print an intricate model of the winning design, realizing it in vivid detail. The model was gifted to the victor in October 2019, marking a year since the competition originally began.
Mimaki地区销售经理Thierry Lim解释说：“作为一家长期以来一直致力于保护环境并找到绿色产品解决方案的公司，这项竞争绝对是成为一部分的荣誉。”
“看到这么多认真，有远见的年轻人参与技术来探索环境解决方案并想象具有可持续性的生活空间，这真是令人鼓舞。”
3D printing the Cities and Territories of tomorrow
Named “Villes et Territoires de demain”, translating to Cities and Territories of tomorrow, the competition was judged by a panel of professionals from different industries. This ranged fromMicrosoft和IGN高管建筑师、社交媒体影响力和government officials from France’s ‘Ministère de la Cohésion des Territoires et des Relations avec les Collectivités Territoriales‘.
Minecraft竞争主要要求参与者专注于为一系列相关的社会和环境问题创建创新的解决方案，但是它也关注设计，艺术质量和独创性。为每个Minecraft Town设计建立了一套进入标准：它们都必须促进生物多样性；优化水和能源管理；改善生活质量；并提供解决气候危机的解决方案。
此外，必须由其创作者在YouTube上发布每个条目的步行。法官随后考虑了当时Vidoes选择最终冠军时在平台上产生的公众参与水平。法官在四个类别中总共命名了9个赢家：年轻人，年轻团队，成人和专业团队以及教育项目。还有其他“观众奖”和总体“特别陪审团奖”。
总冠军被命名为路易斯·瓦林（Louis Varin），并年龄16岁。对于瓦林（Varin）的《我的世界》（Minecraft Town），他获得了该镇虚拟地图的3D印刷模型，作为大奖的一部分。Minecraft的创作者有一个历史利用3D打印和型号帮助实现其玩家的创造。2017年4月，Mojang发布了Minecraft的“发现”更新，该更新允许用户3D print parts of their low-poly creations。
Bringing Minecraft to life with full-colour 3D printing
3D打印获奖模型证明了一个困难的过程，因为它需要将虚拟视频游戏Minecraft的详细设计转换为3D可打印模型。总体而言，这个过程花费了19个多小时。
Mimaki的3DUJ-553 3D打印机的功能允许Minecraft Town Design的细节以全彩捕获。发射在Formnext 2017，3DUJ-553基于相同UV inkjet technology作为Mimaki的2D打印机。全彩3D打印机，它具有打印的潜力10 million possible color combinations。It uses a proprietary 3D printing method combining a traditional inkjet print head with an economical UV-LED lightsource.
The system is also compatible with water-soluble support material, which allowed the Minecraft competition organizers to 3D print Varin’s model and easily remove the supports, without breaking any small parts. Overall, this allowed the creation of a final model that accurately captured Varin’s original designs. “To be able to push technology even further and actually bring the participants’ designs to life in front of their eyes is a real privilege – and that is entirely down to the capabilities of the 3DUJ-553. With these young people already imagining the kinds of innovations which might shape their futures, it is exciting to be able to share with them the cutting-edge advances in 3D printing technology,” adds Lim.
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特色图片显示了获胜的Minecraft Town Model 3D印刷。通过Mimaki的照片。
