Minecraft with RTX launches April 16, and it is breathtaking

Minecraft with RTX is finally launching this week. Microsoft and Nvidia are releasing Minecraft with RTX in beta for everyone April 16. This update adds ray-tracing effects like lighting, reflections, shadows, and more. And this is potentially the next generation for Minecraft visuals.

Real-time ray tracing is still one of the biggest buzzwords in computer graphics. Put simply, it is a process that replicates the behavior of light in a 3D space. It’s desirable because it can make an environment look more realistic. But it can also produce a lifelike image with a lot less effort from developers and artists. Nvidia and Microsoft began pushing this technology hard in 2018 with the RTX graphics cards and DirectX Raytracing, respectively.