Teenager Recreates Entire Known Universe in Minecraft
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Minecraft users are known for their creativity. Power gamers have used the virtual lego-like cubes to build entire towns, cities, and even Middle-Earth from The Lord of the Rings. Now, Christopher Slayton has raised the bar by building the entire known Universe in Minecraft.
The 18-year-old San Diego, California, resident's approach to copying the cosmos was very methodical. Before creating Earth, he went skydiving to observe its beauty from above. To ensure our planet was to scale, he used a globe to measure the distance between each continent.
Once Earth had been perfected, Slayton turned his attention to the rest of the Solar System. His virtual Sun was created using the "brightest blocks" in Minecraft. It even includes solar flares!
Before building the cluster of galaxies, Slayton spent time observing real-world stars through a telescope. The 18-year-old's model universe even includes a black hole and plumes of gas and dust!
Slayton's two-month-long effort has not gone unnoticed. His YouTube video outlining the process and showcasing the model universe has garnered over 7.5 million views since it was published in mid-October 2022. And the numbers keep increasing daily!
Resources: Smithsonianmag.com, Space.com, Interestingengineering.com
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oreocookie6411 monthsPOV This guy tells you that your the first person he has seen in 2 weeks *Look of concern*
firestarwarrior12 monthsI've played minecraft for a long time(4 years) and I can beat my friend with only leather and a stone sword while my best friend had played for 6-7 years with full netherite armor.
soulfire10 monthswow that actually really cool
- firestarwarrior12 monthsCool I've seen those cool builds and I've made some myself. I have built massive, and I mean massive cool builds but never had the patience to keep going. Speaking of that I was making a whole massive update for minecraft, a void update with about 25 mobs, 2 bosses, 300 new items, 6 biomes, full dimension, and full code but I have not finshed it yet.
- oreocookie6411 monthsOMG! I wanna play it sounds fun which version tho Bedrock or Java?
- firestarwarrior11 monthsI'm one day going to give it to Mojang
de88112 monthsthis is amazing- m3m3l0rd12 monthsDude i have a 700 (minecraft) day old hardcore world but even in my experiances my builds look bad and i know bad
clxzabout 1 yearI cant even build a simple house how.
summer_beachabout 1 yearThat is amazing! I have a hard time building a large house or building, a whole universe? Don't quite have the patience for that. 😄
melo-mintabout 1 yearWoW!!! Thats really cool!!!- Ayumi Toyofukuabout 1 yearWell I pretty much like it because it is so cool and girl dont get me wrong but I am a science fan.
hayleigh0409about 1 yearYo I love playing Minecraft. I have spent over 2000 hours on it. If only I was this good of a builder :(