#wwdc17

Roundup of VR & AR Announcements from WWDC

1) Apple announces VR Ready Computers

Thanks to Apple updating Metal, their graphics API, to Metal 2, in their new macOS called macOS High Sierra, VR is coming to Mac. Metal 2 can bring up to a 10x increase in draw call throughput over the original, the company says, and it will include a VR-optimized display pipeline.

iMac

The new 27-inch iMac will be the only computer in the new iMac lineup to be VR Ready, thanks to the inclusion of an AMD Radeon Pro 580 GPU.

People are doubting it’s ability to run the HTC Vive on the computer, but Apple does claim you can edit 360º video content and create 3D VR content.

iMac Pro

A new ultra-high end version of the Mac which will offer more powerful processors and AMD’s latest Vega graphics. It will cost $4999 and launch in December 2017

Macbook

Apple will be offering an external graphics enclosure with an AMD Radeon RX 580 GPU which will connect to Macbooks via Thunderbolt.

Sadly, this won’t launch until Spring 2018 :(

Full tweet here.

2) SteamVR and HTC Vive on Mac OS

While Steam has been Mac compatible for some time now, Apple announced that Valve will be bringing SteamVR to Mac too, allowing the HTC Vive to run VR games on Mac systems.

Also, Apple is offering $100 discount on HTC Vive systems for Apple Developers, if they order an External Graphics Development Kit. (See above tweet).

3) Apple is pushing forward VR Creation Tools

Apple is updating their professional video editing application, Final Cut Pro X, to support 360 degree video editing.

Apple also says that both Unity and Unreal Engine will support their VR SDKs on Mac, allowing developers to create VR content on Apple’s machines.

4) Apple announces ARKit

Apple announced its augmented reality platform, ARKit for iPhone and iPad. Because of the large installed iOS user base, Apple is touting ARKit will be the largest AR platform in the world.

AR Kit allows the phone’s camera to recognize the environment around you. In real time while looking at the screen, the AR kit allows you to add computer-generated objects into the environment in real-time.

ARKit will feature support for Unity, Unreal, and SceneKit. Apple also shared these details:

What people aren’t reporting on is the fact that this technology stems right from their Metaio acquisition, which created technology that allowed to place digital objects onto real world environments.

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