As I reported in my previous post (Immersive Realism Comes To Minecraft Through Ray Tracing From Nvidia), the addition of Nvidia’s RTX graphics ray tracing technology transformed the cartoon-like ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marco Chiappetta is a technologist who covers semiconductors and AI. To date, NVIDIA’s RTX Ray Tracing technology has been ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. "Minecraft" is indeed a game where players mine resources and craft new objects, but it's so much more. The sandbox game that tasks players ...

When you think of Minecraft, you probably imagine blocky graphics and simplistic textures. But the recent beta launch of ray tracing support for NVIDIA's RTX graphics cards transforms it into an ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. After being announced last year, Microsoft and Mojang are finally opening the gates to a whole new era of Minecraft, this time powered by Nvidia's RTX ...

This is where things start to get a bit messy. Both Microsoft's new implementation and the Nvidia RTX demo are based on DXR, or DirectX Ray Tracing, an extension of DX12. That makes sense for this new ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Lots of texture packs and shaders can really change up the look and feel of the Minecraft world, ...

A few months ago, NVIDIA dropped a bombshell on us with the revelation that it's working with Microsoft on a real-time ray traced version of the widely popular game Minecraft. Leveraging the dedicated ...

After months of teases and previews, the biggest advancement in visual effects in years is finally coming to the biggest PC game ever. Real-time ray tracing is coming to Minecraft for Windows 10 this ...

2020 has been hard for everyone, even those who thrive in virtual worlds. Gaming events have been postponed then canceled and communities have had to quickly find new ways to get together even when ...