Render distance, resolution, biome blending and more can be customized to give the player the optimal visual settings to play with. These can have drastic effects on how the game is played and how the ...

Geology students at Wichita State are trading their hiking boots for laptops this summer, in a field class with a socially-distanced twist. When the coronavirus pandemic made the field geology course ...

A highlight of Minecraft is the variety of biomes players can explore. From the simple and preferable plains to the dangerous and scary jungle, each area presents a unique quality, and sometimes, a ...

"Try to look straight," a Microsoft employee tells me in a bright, cheery tone. I'm staring through an unusual pair of binoculars -- the kind that's normally used to test your eyesight in an ...

Students at the University of Pennsylvania recreated their campus on "Minecraft" after COVID-19 ended their semester early. On Friday, the annual Penn Relays, the oldest track event in the US, was ...

Reality is no longer set in stone. Wiith Oculus and Morpheus both offering the means to escape into new worlds, virtual reality is a tangible future. Alongside them is Microsoft’s HoloLens. While it ...

According to a press release, the new map will allow players to step into “extraordinary realms of the natural world to experience the struggles and triumphs of survival”. The collaboration also ...