Minecraft has supported ray tracing since an update in December 2020. We'll tell you how to turn it on with your NVIDIA RTX graphics card and where to use it.

Minecraft adopts RTX amid a surge of ray tracing-backed experiences, all in parallel new dedicated PC and console hardware. The advanced rendering technique advances lighting, better simulating ...

Very few games use ray-tracing throughout their rendering, which is why Minecraft with RTX is such a big step forward for the technology. It will be coming to open beta on April 16.

Java owners of Minecraft can get a free copy of the Windows 10 game by heading to Mojang’s website. But the deadline date is April 20 to claim their free copy.