Ray tracing is yet to become to a reality in Java Edition. Players eager to experience ray tracing in Minecraft can try shaders with ray tracing like lighting and textures.

Unfortunately, Ray tracing cannot work in the Minecraft Java 1.19 update. This technology is only compatible with the Bedrock Edition of the game.

Minecraft with RTX seeks to bring all the visual prowress of ray tracing, powered by NVIDIA's 20-series RTX GPU's, to everyone's favorite creative survival game.

Remember the 'ray tracing' version of Minecraft? It's back, shown off in a glorious new 30-minute video.

You might not think that the block-building wonderland of Minecraft would need ray tracing, but it's a big deal, bringing it in line with many larger games released over the last few years.

Minecraft is perfect for showing the impact of ray tracing - here's the gameplay video to prove it Article by Alex Donaldson Assistant Editor Published on April 16, 2020 Follow Minecraft ...

If you’re familiar with how Minecraft without RTX technology looks, this video will be eye-opening. NVIDIA and Mojang didn’t simply patch Minecraft’s game engine to support ray tracing, however.