Pete Is Here lets students explore St. Peter's Basilica in Minecraft Education.
Pete Is Here lets students explore St. Peter's Basilica in Minecraft Education.
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Minecraft Education launches replica of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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For centuries, St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican has stood as one of the world’s most awe-inspiring landmarks—home to breathtaking art, architecture, and stories that have shaped history.

Now, for the first time ever, students can step inside this legendary building and take on the role of its caretakers in Peter Is Here: AI for Cultural Heritage, a brand-new Minecraft Education learning experience created in collaboration with Microsoft and the Vatican. Part of the hands-on restoration used AI.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.