Apple's macOS update finally opens up VR, HTC Vive to Mac developers
With all the recent talk from Tim Cook about Apple's focus on augmented reality, it came as a bit of a surprise on Monday at WWDC when the company unveiled new support for virtual reality content creation.*
Along with the new High Sierra version of the macOS, Apple introduced Metal 2, the company's advanced graphics tech**logy that will support VR rendering and external GPUs (Apple's new 27-inch iMac and iMac Pro will support VR right out of the box).
And this wasn't a mere "hat tip" to VR at the event, Apple actually gave a full demonstration of VR creation using a Mac live on stage. Led by John K**ll of Industrial Light and Magic, we got to see an HTC Vive user dive into a demo of a Star Wars experience (the title wasn't identified, but it appears to be ILMxLab immersive content the team has been working on) that was developed using the Unreal engine.* Read more...