For a while, it was assumed that the Oculus Rift would work with Mac just as it was intended to work with Windows, but back in May 2015, the company cleared up the confusion in a blog post. Minimum System Requirements Operating system: Windows® XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 Processor: Dual Core 2.0 GHz or better Memory: 2.
Oculus Rift support has arrived for Mac OS X.
We do not currently support or offer a version of RIFT for Mac OS X. To play Oculus Rift content on Quest 2, install the Oculus App on a compatible gaming computer, then connect your headset using the Oculus Link cable or similar high-quality USB 3 cable. Download Software. Download and install VR software to a wide range of desktops and laptops. Plug your headset into your PC to configure. Second option is Wine.Wine is the god almighty engine/wrapper and also open-source to get Rift playable on our Mac but as for now it is very hard to install WIne itself on your Mac.This because Wine developers have not made an easy installer for Mac (only linux) yet so you have to compile it yourself.But if you have OSX SDK installed on your system and you want to give it a try then you will find more info right here.
Oculus released new hardware in July this year and with it they released a new software developers kit (SDK). Now that SDK has been upgraded from 0.4.0 to SDK 0.4.1. Included in this update is the support for Mac OS X along with Oculus Runtime and Unity Tuscany demos.
Also included in 0.4.1 are some hotfixes including making the new headset more compatible with AMD processors and older versions of SDK and also a patch for the Unreal Engine 4 so that it can be used with the 0.4 SDK.
This is all good news as it shows development is continuing despite Facebook taking ownership. Facebook did say they didn't want anything to change much when they acquired Oculus and so far they seem to have stuck to the promise. Hopefully the dissapointment most people felt when the acquisition went ahead was in vein and they will just help to fund mainstream the devices and not ruin them.
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Although the Mac support has now been released there is still no update that allows Linux support. Hopefully this will be in the works as there have been many requests from developers for the support.
There is also no word on an official release date, but game developers are working hard to make sure that there are plenty of options when the devices are launched.
Thanks to Tech Radar for supplying us with this information.
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