It’s not only enough to refresh quickly and have high resolution. They use lasers to place you in your room with sub-millimetre precision. But why HTC Vive in Mac?įirst, from what I’ve been able to gather, Oculus and HTC Vive are relatively similar in terms of displays, but HTC Vive seems to be clearly superior in the positional tracking. Microsoft seems more interested in AR, but most likely the true AR will not be bulky devicesĪnyway, it seems clear big players are in. And Facebook is so invested in it that they bought Oculus.

Their work for Google Earth is super cool (specially the “let’s put a visual ring to provide some context and avoid sickness”), and TiltBrush seems great too (neither Google Earth nor Tilt work on Mac for now, by the way) I haven’t seen anything remotely as cool as many of the things that have I have shown in this post built on a beta of an Apple framework.īut Google has done pretty interesting things in VR. But I think this is the best time to learn and work on my own ideas with that prediction. You may remember Pokémon Go a few months ago. If you’ve been following the market you may be aware of Apple’s announcement of a new Framework called ARKit.ĪRKit, and new Apple devices (including the already launched iPad pro with a higher refresh rate and the almost certain upcoming iPhone 8) are the next big thing in terms of experiences. So why go the Mac route? In fact, why VR? Why Virtual Reality? I couldn’t find any page detailing the steps ( see part 2 if you’re in the same situation) To be honest, I didn’t even know for sure if I was going to be able to connect the headset to the computer and make it work. VR compatibility for macOS has only just been announced. I chose the more complicated route: MacOS. I didn’t go for Playstation nor for Windows. If I had built my own beefy Windows machine (including a gorgeous 1080 TI, and a decent processor) and bought an Oculus Rift I would have saved 40%. Or outside the console world world, the VR games and experiences are for Windows. PS4 plus PSVR cost more or less what I spent on the HTC Vive device only. Because I decided to buy a top of the line iMac and a HTC Vive and start with VR. However my latest acquisition suggests I’ve gone bonkers. But I’ve got a family and I’m very conscious about spending money. My (old) computer was built from parts and it’s already 4 years old. My tablet is an iPad Mini “1” with iOS9 because it can no longer be upgraded.

I have a two year old mid-level Android phone (Moto G 2015) not capable of using Google Cardboard.

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