Minecraft
Art and technology combine for new Minecraft residency at Mackenzie Art Gallery
An immensely popular video game will be the vehicle for the creation of a new exhibit co-hosted by Regina’s Mackenzie Art Gallery. The Mackenzie is partnering with Ender Gallery, an online exhibition space based on a Minecraft server, to exhibit artworks created within the creative, sandbox-style video game. “So many arts and cultural events …
‘Minecraft Earth’ beta is available on Android — in five cities
The Minecraft Earth beta recently reset its AR playing field and updated to version 2.0.0 on iOS. Crafters Earth reports that has brought familiar mobs like creepers and spiders to the game plus a number of challenges and adventures. Also, the in-game store is enabled so people can use the “Rubies” currency to buy build …
After canceling one upgrade, Minecraft gets another—and it’s Nvidia RTX exclusive
This caption mostly consists of comparison shots, with Nvidia’s RTX ray tracing system enabled or disabled. Click back and forth to see the difference. This one has RTX enabled. RTX disabled. RTX enabled. The rainbow-colored floor does a lot to sell how ambient light can bounce onto other nearby surfaces. RTX disabled. RTX enabled. RTX …
Minecraft will get ray tracing for Nvidia RTX graphics cards
Minecraft is about to get a major graphics overhaul, thanks to real-time ray tracing support for any player using a Nvidia RTX card. Microsoft and Nvidia made the joint announcement today at industry trade show Gamescom in Cologne, Germany early Monday morning, and ray tracing support will arrive as a free update for all PC …
Minecraft Earth Gameplay Looks Adorable
Minecraft Earth is coming to a closed beta later this summer. To tide you over, the Mojang has released a short video that shows off some gameplay. It’s incredibly charming. So far, all we’ve seen of Minecraft Earth is the admittedly impressive augmented reality and “people occlusion,” where players build structures in real life which …
