I doubt you thought that at the time as its sort of crazy to think that in say 2006 back when phones cost $100 or less and lasted all week. but then it happened , just like other tech will
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Oculus Rift Support for Macs Not 'Currently on the Roadmap'
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I doubt you thought that at the time as its sort of crazy to think that in say 2006 back when phones cost $100 or less and lasted all week. but then it happened , just like other tech will
Why the hell would it be? Apple hasn't made a computer capable of running high-intensity graphics/games in years if ever
Yep, that’s why pros are leaving for other platforms and other software. That’s right because the one trick pony Mac Pro is a FCP monster and that's it.
Because Apple know so well.
If Apple gave a tinker's damn about computers in general, or AR/VR in particular, all they'd have to do is direct some resources towards creating a stable, sexy, and cheap external GPU box and work whatever magic is necessary to use off the shelf GPUs. Then they could continue their fetish with thin computers and yet let those needing a GPU for things other than Facebook and MS Word have that option.
"incompetence"? Still, I don't think you'll have a decent experience with even the (compared to the Vive) comparatively low-res Oculus, particularly not when driven via a thermal-throttled mobile GPU.
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Until they DO release such a thing (which I seriously doubt), at least they could make it easy to connect existing ones. Currently, it's a nightmare to do so.
i dont know much about it to comment but i will say apple can be competitive but it hasn't. They sure lead the market on over pricing though.
And not even the most expensive ones. A 4GB GTX-1060 or an RX 480 can be hard for $220.
Yep, but us more experienced mac users know he is just pining for a few more Mac sales and does not really mean it.
Um, the 2016 MacBook Pro has ZERO, that is right, ZERO "Thermal Throttling" issues with either the CPU or the GPU.
That's one of the biggest reasons why it whips all over the 2015 MBP, even though the CPU is a little faster in the 2015 (until it starts throttling after about 30 seconds!)
Wow, quite a lot of defensive "well I didn't want VR anyway!" responses. Lol. I'm an enormous Apple fan but they have stopped being a serious computer company. I'm actually sitting here waiting with my money for whenever they decide to finally grace us with a new iMac so I can finally build a somewhat future-proof home video-editing bay and I'm starting to question my loyalty when I see far more capable computers at half the price. I may not be into VR but I do see that it has some appeal to creatives and designers and Apple used to value that demographic. I mean.. we're actually defending a company that hasn't updated their flagship top-of-the line computer in almost 4 years but makes sure to put out new Hermes luxury watchbands every 6 months? I can't even defend Apple to my IT brother anymore like I used to and if they don't show some commitment to making premium computers to go along with their premium prices, he may finally win our old argument and get me to jump ship from the "ecosystem". It's just starting to look a little greener outside of the walled garden.
Whoa, I missed that change. Pretty sure the Rift would work with my PC now.
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It almost always does, no matter where you are. Best policy as far as I'm concerned is not to get so embedded in an ecosystem that you can't shop outside of it as well. For me the grass is greenest wherever I am, because I'm in everybody's yard.
I mean, Oculus didn't deliberately make the hardware requirements high. VR is running 2 high def displays at 90 FPS, that takes a lot of GPU power.
I find it amusing, all the people bitching about how expensive the hardware is on a Mac forum. like, you can easily build a VR capable computer for less than the cost of a base level iMac.
An HTC Vive and a PC to run it together cost around the same as a base model 15 inch MacBook Pro.
Nobody one here who buys Mac products has any grounds for complaining about hardware costs.
Ooh, can we talk more about external boxes though? Because that's where my heart is these days. I'd much rather have a super thin and light notebook with fantastic battery life and a wussy iGPU that I can plug into a beefy eGPU for heavy lifting whenever I'm at my desk than a fat, hot, battery hog "laptop" with a serious dGPU included.
Apple clearly makes business decisions particularly around margins, that are detrimental to the long term success of the company. The biggest blunder, in my opinion, is exiting the display market.
Apple displays are gigantic ads for the company, even if they are lower margin. Now the computers are so thin, you can't even see the computers. : )
That said, Oculus is still to niche for Apple. Apple needs to see much larger numbers -they are more of a mainstreet provider of technology, so come in once a clear market has been established.
Buh ha ha, sure. I've seen towers running a Rift just fine with a single 4 gig RX 470 and a mid-tier Broadwell i5.
So, what they're saying is that the "rift" between the two companies cannot be currently bridged without better GPUs on Apple's part. (Sorry, someone had to make the pun).
A year ago not being on the Oculus "roadmap" was considered a big deal, but now that VR hasn't become anything close to the tech phenomenon that people made it out to be...it's not such a big deal. VR is kind of floundering at the moment.
Mac's have never been up to much for gaming but once upon a time they were the wow factor for graphics design and desk top publishing. Not tried any of the current VR solutions so no idea if any are compelling to use. Seems to me Apple going down the AR route which will be tied in with iOS not Mac OS.
Same here. I'd rather open an MBP and put the keyboard part on my head and the screen in front of my eyes.
Hang some curtains on the side and reverse the screen orientation, plus a couple of straps or duct tape and we are in business.
Probably same experience.
In Apple-land, VR (AR, if Tim Cooks remarks are anything of a hint) will come to the iPhone first anyway.
Any other outcome is absolutely inconceivable. And when it comes, it will (hopefully) be much better and more useful than the simple video-consumption or gaming-vehicle (or spiced-up versions of adult-content) that Occulus Rift currently is.
Any other outcome is absolutely inconceivable. And when it comes, it will (hopefully) be much better and more useful than the simple video-consumption or gaming-vehicle (or spiced-up versions of adult-content) that Occulus Rift currently is.
Agreed. Aside from the that, my opinion with Virtual Reality is it's a niche, superfluous item that ultimately won't make it. And Oculous Rift is very pricey item that most don't know if they want to spend that type of dollar amount. It's still a new technology, but I don't have high hopes at this point. I hope Oculous has a lot of money in the bank, they're going to need it.