In context: At Gamescom 2019, Microsoft and Nvidia announced ray tracing was coming to Minecraft for Windows. Mojang added it with version 1.16.200. Of course, users need an Nvidia GeForce RTX 20 ...

These days, video game visuals are about more than just how well the developers can create detailed and believable worlds. Algorithms also play an increasingly vital role. With ray tracing allowing ...

Minecraft could be getting a ray tracing update on Xbox Series X very shortly. Yesterday, The Verge reporter Tom Warren revealed that the early Preview version of Minecraft on Xbox Series X and S had ...

Facepalm: It looked like ray tracing was finally coming to Minecraft, until Mojang Studios pulled the rug out from under Insiders. Developers had evidently left "prototype" RT code in the latest ...

The Minecraft Preview update in question went out earlier this week, but if you didn’t get it when it was available, there’s no point in checking it now for ray tracing now that the references to the ...

The latest Minecraft Preview build contained raytracing but Microsoft says it was "inadvertently included" and that players shouldn’t expect it to come to consoles in the near future before removing ...

Ray tracing technology is designed to bring more realistic lighting to video games, improving reflections, shadows, and light sources.

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Minecraft was an international sensation years before Microsoft acquired Mojang, having hosted its first dedicated convention in 2010 prior to the game's official 1.0 launch during MineCon 2011. What ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Demystifying ray tracing for the next generation. Ray tracing is an ...