Following yesterday's presentation, where Apple announced that the Cupertino guys got into Virtual Reality technologynews reaches us that, at last, hehe North American company is in a hurry to conclude agreements with companies that have already gained ground in the sector, such as Valve with SteamVR.
SteamVR is basing its technology on HTC Vive to offer Virtual Reality games on its platform. Thanks to the improvements carried out in the new macOS High Sierra, also presented yesterday at this year's WWDC, with the performance and power improvement of Metal 2, virtual reality at Apple is closer every day.
It was about time Apple got serious about Virtual Reality. Yesterday was the final step. Despite showing in the past that Mac graphics cards and other hardware weren't optimal for driving the high quality needed in VR, the step taken yesterday by the Californian company allows us to dream of a before and after in the RA world
Now computers that support macOS High Sierra will also be able to support high-end graphics cards, as well as external graphics processors. In an article published by HTC, provided some interesting details on how it would work SteamVR on a Mac. We are left with 2 reflections:
«Using an external GPU, Developers and content creators will be able to use a beta version of SteamVR with the new macOS High Sierra, to access the creative power that exists with your MacBooks and iMacs. »
«Yesterday, on the stage where the WWDC keynote was performed, Apple demonstrated its commitment to VR technologyas they presented VR content running for the first time on a MacBook in front of thousands of developers, and millions of viewers around the world. "
Throughout this week (WWDC ends next Friday) we will have more news about dates, as well as companies that will join the development at Apple, now that its graphical characteristics are finally up to the task.