Minecraft gets real-time ray tracing support
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Important announcement by NVIDIA and Microsoft. Since the two companies have collaborated together to introduce a major improvement in Minecraft, the best-selling game worldwide. It has been announced that the game will feature support for signature real-time ray tracing. An agreement that is official already, as the two companies have announced in a statement.
Minecraft gets real-time ray tracing support
This is something that will allow the game to show better lighting, more realistic colors, and more realistic shadows at all times.
Official agreement
Minecraft is one of the most popular games in the world, with 176 million copies sold, making it a huge deal for NVIDIA. Since its ray tracing, which is advancing at a fast pace in the market, is introduced in this popular title. Without a doubt, it is also an important boost for this technology from the American firm.
In the new game trailer you can already see how it will look thanks to this ray tracing. It is expected that it will be officially launched shortly, although it is possible that there will be a previous presentation, where you can see all the changes that will leave us in this regard.
An agreement of importance for everyone. Minecraft will thus give us a better user experience, while NVIDIA sees how its ray tracing continues to advance at a fast pace in the market, compatible with more and more games, now including the best-selling game worldwide. You will soon be able to enjoy these improvements in the Microsoft game.
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