Hardwood, the project Gunnar Morling kick-started handling of Parquet files in Java, reached version 1. Its multi-threaded approach and zero mandatory external dependencies promise a simpler, more ...

Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 2 brings OIT transparency, mob tweaks, pack changes, and bug fixes, but cleaner visuals may come with ...

A chunk is a block in Minecraft that is used for measuring the render distance. Render distance is used in setting how far the world can spawn from a player. Seeing Chunks affects Render Distance. So, ...

Minecraft may look the same regardless of where you play it, but the game is split between two versions built on entirely ...

The Chaos Cubed update has officially landed in Minecraft Java Edition, and it is one of the finest content drops Mojang has delivered in years. From a brand-new underground biome packed with bubbling ...

Minecraft 26.2 Pre-Release 3 is now available for Java Edition testers, and it is mainly a cleanup build. The update focuses on Sulfur Cube behavior, Vulkan rendering issues, multiplayer stability, ...

The Minecraft Chaos Cubed update has just landed on the Java side of the sandbox game, and I'm already eager to see what the wealth of inventive Minecraft creators and modders can do with its ...

Work continues for the Vibrant Visuals update to come to Minecraft Java, and as part of that they're switching the rendering from OpenGL to Vulkan. Announced today (February 18th) by Mojang developers ...

Render Network is a peer-to-peer marketplace originally built on the Ethereum blockchain (it recently migrated to Solana). GPU owners can operate nodes to loan out and monetize their otherwise idle ...

The biggest thing that has held Minecraft's otherwise gorgeous terrain and world-building potential back is the lack of optimization around how the game renders chunks for the player to see. This poor ...