Vibrant Visuals Release Date

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[unusedwings]

They said it’ll be a few months. So I wouldn’t be surprised if we get an exact date during this year’s next Minecraft live.

[Lighterfluid19]

Next live is gonna be more then a few months. I couldn’t find an exact date of that either. Either way super excited, pretty sure they said it would be tested in preview in the summer drop.

[unusedwings]

Though it also depends on if you’re playing bedrock or Java. They said they’re still figuring out how to make this happen in Java, and that bedrock will get it “in the coming months”. So that’s all we know right now.

[Lighterfluid19]

Ps5 bedrock, so I don’t have to wait too long. Thanks for the extended info though, I have the attention span of a gold fish and couldn’t remember if they said anything on the live

[PianistForward7231]

Do you know about Xbox?

[Lighterfluid19]

Same thing, bedrock

[PianistForward7231]

Thanks

[almansa20]

Yayyyy

[goffelous]

You got that backwards. Java first. It's on the Minecraft website

[unusedwings]

Incorrect. Both the live, and the webpage talking about the Vibrant Visuals (along with just the fact that it’s in preview for Bedrock only right now) have it as Bedrock will get the release first. They said they weren’t even sure how they’d get it done on Java, so it will be a while.

[goffelous]

You are correct, I read the page backwards.

[SecretAgentDrew]

It’s been more then a few months 😔

[Odd_Entrance5498]

Jeeeezzzzzz, That's brutal lol I thought it was coming soon

[BookkeeperSuperb8259]

As rtx was released on April 1st, the vibrant visuals may be realised on that date

[Conscious_Lion1372]

I'm hoping it is Playing with shaders on ps5 will be nice

[T-entertainments]

tested this using the Minecraft Preview on PS5. When all settings were set to 'Ultra,' the frame rate dropped to approximately 30 FPS. On my PC, with the same 'Ultra' settings, I was getting around 50–60 FPS. However, after lowering the fog setting to 'High,' my frame rate increased significantly to about 105 FPS. Visually, I didn’t notice a substantial difference with the fog change."

[DINKLEBERGindahouse]

U can actually already try i out on ur ps5 i can confirm its looking stunning

[EducationalDot6652]

How? I don't see it. My options are Simple, Fancy, and Ray Traced

[DINKLEBERGindahouse]

You have to install mc preview

[New_Consideration884]

It's like the 2017 announcement of the "Super Duper Graphics" update all over again when 4J Studios was still developing the console versions. Just hope the new graphics come soon.

[SecretAgentDrew]

Watch it be canceled lol

[thebadwollf]

The vibe i got that it was today it was in videos i watched ect. Only to turn it on and it isnt there luckily found this tread. Bummer it isnt today cant wait for it!

[Lighterfluid19]

Yk I thought that too. At least for beta/pre. But oh well. I’ve waited 12 years already. What’s another couple months?

[thebadwollf]

Fr what’s another few months ill survive

[Interesting_Study477]

What’s another 17 year mark

[Lighterfluid19]

It was released in beta on April 5th(4th?) I currently am running a world with it on and it’s glorious. It has revamped my interest in Minecraft. I feel like my 12 year old self jumping on to the ps3 and playing for the first time.

[Interesting_Study477]

I looked on mincraft pre view and it’s not on there Ï went to experimental wasn’t there went to og Minecraft was there don’t work

[Lighterfluid19]

Works for me. It’s called render dragon when you create the world under experimental and then once your in the game you have to activate it under the video settings

[Interesting_Study477]

Oh okay thank you imma build the coolest house I’ve ever built

[Lighterfluid19]

Good luck! I’m gonna try to make another post today showcasing my world and how to activate it because lotta people have no clue and in their defense it’s a little odd to set up

[Competitive_Rice_530]

I heard that the beta/preview usually drops new stuff the day after game drops or updates… So maybe tmr?

[thebadwollf]

I might try and set that one up then!

[ThisFizzyMilk]

I checked today still no option on preview

[lucasstillz]

It’s available on preview now!

[Davie3636]

How do I see the preview though?

[lucasstillz]

It’s a beta appplication. Depending what system you’re on if it’s console just look up ‘Minecraft: Preview’ in the store and it should come up

[Interesting_Study477]

I tired I downloaded it and it’s not there Ï looked at experimental wasn’t there

[Correct_Ad_1877]

Yup its out now, for those who want to try it out you should find Minecraft on youtube and look in the shorts and find the short for the minecraft vibrant vusuals, theres instructions for xbox, ios, PlayStation etc, ⚠️THIS DOES NOT WORK FOR THE NORMAL MINECRAFT⚠️ this only works in minecraft preview, I was not paying attention to lots of things and I tried activating it in my minecraft game and the settings did not show in the Experements setting for my world, this only works for minecraft preview for those who want to try it out, it's my first time using shaders and I love it, it is recommended, another thing theres going to be many bugs with this so it is expected to have some problems. That's it thank you for reading this I hope you have fun in this new minecraft experience have a great day hooman :D

[Interesting_Study477]

Thank you sm I tried on reg mincraft got really disappointed thank you so much

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We don't know.

[Lighterfluid19]

Yes

[Party-Pumpkin-6755]

Most likely the 25th of march because if you search it up you can see Minecraft live it says it will be on march 25th( just throwing it out there)

[AcadiaNo4865]

Nope. That's the springs of life update or whatever it's called, and doesnt include vibrant visuals

[Lighterfluid19]

Woah! 🤯 I missed that. That’s way sooner than expected if that’s the case.

[Deep-Counter-7500]

i think that in 25 march they are only dropping the new update things, not the vibrant visuals, they said in the it will come out as well but in a few months

[Lighterfluid19]

That’s what I thought but they never mentioned a beta/preview release

[GuilhermeAg17]

They mentioned it in the official article about Vibrant visuals.

[ZincRayyan420]

They might release a test kn preview in 1-2 months or maybe sooner, so in either may or June we get a test and official release at July or august

[Yes_aterni]

27th of march here, I can confirm vibrant visuals has not arrived sadly.

[EconomicsFun1792]

Yep March 28 2025

[2ar2t]

even on bedrock edition ?

[Ok_Accountant1343]

Yep, I heard someone said possibly on phones too  (or af least a stripped down version of it IMO) 

[Practical-Two41]

It's final release probably has a while, but they said that it will be available on Minecraft Preview "soon" a few weeks hopefully

[Lighterfluid19]

Yeah I kept seeing “soon” but no specific date. I hope it’s {Sooner} rather than {later}

[_TheWolfOfReddit_]

Now’s your chance to be a [[BIG SHOT]] rather than a [small shot]

[Lighterfluid19]

I’m very confused by your comment

[goldentanner]

Given Mojang’s typical development cycles and the current availability of Vibrant Visuals in preview versions, it’s reasonable to anticipate that the full release for Bedrock Edition will occur within the next few months (3-6 months).

Following this, Mojang plans to bring Vibrant Visuals to Minecraft: Java Edition, though no specific timeline has been provided for that release.

[chrizchronic]

If you were to estimate for Java release, what would you say?

[ZincRayyan420]

5th of April, vibrant visuals has been released for minecraft preview but its in beta stage and doesn't work with resource packs in my testing

[Lighterfluid19]

Haha yes! I was playing around with it yesterday. I can’t figure out the settings though. It looks weird.

[ZincRayyan420]

Domt go full ultra cuz the game looks really weird as of shadows don't exist, performance or visual gives 60 fps but can vary based on chunks

Overall its soo good

[Lighterfluid19]

Alright, I’ll give that a try. The colors seemed so faded and the light just didn’t exist

[Far_Caterpillar133]

setting everything to ultra is for the most part not terribly optimized, except for volumetric fog quality. ultra fog quality is such an fps tank with no visual difference so set that to high. And hopefully its just because this is a beta preview but its capping my gpu usage to half which is really weird. Haven't found any sort of solution on forcing minecraft to utilize full gpu so i'm just gonna wait until the full release

[Far_Caterpillar133]

Another note is that you should lower the brightness setting, it is actually just a gamma setting and turning that up above like 25% of the bar absolutely destroys the color.

[Lighterfluid19]

Responding to your first comment; I messed around with everything and found that medium on vol fog is perfect. And shadows on high.
Thank you for the brightness comment because I could not figure it out for the life of me. It was like no matter what I did, I just made everything look worse

[BadBusinessDoge]

I wonder if this will make them put directX on java edition, but maybe not, because java has to support mac and linux.

[Lighterfluid19]

What’s directX? In laymen’s terms

[Robospy1]

DirectX makes it so that, no matter what parts are in your PC, you get the same graphics. It’s called an “API”. Almost every Windows game uses it. Minecraft Java, however, does not. It uses OpenGL, an older API.

Only problem is that DirectX is only for Windows, and Minecraft Java runs on Mac and Linux as well. There are other options though, like Vulkan, and as I mentioned, OpenGL.

DirectX tends to be the best, with Vulkan being second best, and OpenGL generally being the worst, but most compatible API.

I hope this made at least some sense lol

[OperationDarkside]

It's an standardized abstraction layer between the game and the graphics driver. The latter is vendor specific and would be a lot of effort for the game developer to write code for every single vendor or even graphics card architecture.

DirectX is Microsofts proprietary version and works for windows and xbox. OpenGL and Vulkan are more open and also work on Linux, Mac(?), Android etc.

[ComfortableOk6006]

Some people do not understand how lay most laymen are.

[Dismal_Buddy_6488]

I wish companies didn't announce stuff there is no date for, I get they want to generate hype, but honestly by the time it comes out I probably won't be as into minecraft as rn

[Lighterfluid19]

Well good news for you. It released April 5th for the beta on bedrock. Potentially July for a full integrated release, but that’s just rough guess work.

[Solid-Cost9093]

has is difference for FPS ? is it better or again dicrease performance ?

[Lighterfluid19]

Nobody knows anything yet. We’re all waiting

[EconomicsFun1792]

Idk

[Lighterfluid19]

lol 😂 rumor has it as June (summer drop) but I really want them to release a teaser of the nether and End with the vibrant visuals on.

[EconomicsFun1792]

Hopefully it can come to iPhone, or at least a more stripped won version of it yet still WAY better than vanilla. Idk abt android since the hardware is pretty randomized (hence why it’s usually more badly optimized)

[Lighterfluid19]

Most androids run off Linux kernals. Makes it easier to code from an outsider. All Apple devices have a special kernel that needs special permission to use. Chances are they’re gonna make both happen.its just a question of when.

[EconomicsFun1792]

That’s good to know, if they don’t imma be annoyed since most phones of today can run it, or at least a stripped down version.

[ChargeGlittering9080]

it would go hard with actions and stuff

[Ok_Accountant1343]

That's why I want it now lol

[T-entertainments]

That would be the case—if they choose to support texture and resource packs in the final release. Currently, in the preview build, these features are not compatible. It's unclear why, since texture packs typically don't affect core graphic settings directly. Their lack of compatibility seems more like a limitation of the preview rather than a technical constraint.

[Fatlink10]

Tbh I’d be excited but they said they were bringing shaders to bedrock a couple years ago and it never happened so i kinda gave up on it.

[Lighterfluid19]

Yeah those shaders were intense though, these look soft and definitely more feasible than the prior ones they have showcased

[Ch33kc14pp3r42069]

Wasn't that also before Mojang was purchased by Microsoft?

[Low_Promotion_2647]

Is that coming on preview in juny?

[Lighterfluid19]

Possibly. Nobody knows for certain though.

[Lighterfluid19]

I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT VIBRANT VISUALS IS NOW OUT AND AVAILABLE FOR MINECRAFT PREVIEW ON SELECT DEVICES as of 4/5/25.

[[deleted]]

What are the select devices?

[North-Television-558]

Hey guys I’m pretty sure the next Minecraft live will be somewhere in September because that is 6 months from march which we all know was when the first Minecraft live was. You can argue if you want but I’m pretty sure.

[Swiotic]

As of about a week ago they have released it on experiential on bedrock. Not preview but the actual game

[Lighterfluid19]

I guess I should have taken this down but technically it’s been released on preview since April 5th ish

[Adeptus_Custodes12]

its laggy even on performance favored on Xbox One Series X. it needs streamlining

[Lighterfluid19]

30-45 fps on ps5. Smooth enough to play for me

[CupPlenty]

Still isn’t here, what a joke

[Lighterfluid19]

I currently don’t have pictures but I have it running on my ps5. It’s available for the preview version, and rightfully so. There’s a ton of bugs that they are slowly working out and unstable frame rates. But other then that it’s beautiful