Minecraft ray tracing is now live on PC—and it’s a must-play, if you can

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  Hi from this massive dragon statue, whose every block and piece reacts to the lights around it. This effect can only be found in the Minecraft RTX Beta (and every image in this dragon gallery has RTX enabled). [credit: Mojang ]

Minecraft's biggest-ever official visual overhaul, the Minecraft RTX Beta, is now live. It requires jumping through a few hoops, but as long as you own the game's Windows 10 "Bedrock" variant, you can dive in on PC without paying an additional penny.

To clarify, you don't have to buy more software. Hardware is another matter.

We went through the basics of Minecraft RTX Beta on Tuesday-read the article to catch up on the basics-but at that time, its handlers at Mojang and Nvidia prohibited us from mentioning our own hands-on impressions or analysis. We've actually been tinkering with Minecraft RTX Beta since late last week, and now, we're free to discuss our findings.

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