Oculus founder: No Mac is powerful enough to run the Rift

[w1retap]

Oculus founder says no Mac is powerful enough to run the Rift

If you're wondering why the Oculus Rift only supports Windows PCs at launch, Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey has the answer: the current crop of Macs simply aren't powerful enough to deliver a good virtual reality experience.

 

[The_Oasis]

Maybe when Apple figures out their plan for VR they'll start focusing. For now, though, it's all good. Those interested enough in VR will switch OS anyway.

 

[karsten]

my hackintosh disagrees. OSVR for me!

 

[rabidz7]

A Mac Pro w/ dual hex Xeons (12C total), SM951 m.2 RAID0 and a Titan X would certainly disagree.

Link to Titan X in MP

And m.2 support

 

[Zepher]

Valve has a VR setup coming out in the future, there was a pop-up in Steam when I fired it up yesterday. $800 pre-order for the system.

 

[w1retap]

A Mac Pro w/ dual hex Xeons (12C total), SM951 m.2 RAID0 and a Titan X would certainly disagree.

Link to Titan X in MP

And m.2 support

I would agree. Is that sold by Apple as a supported product, or is it an aftermarket purchase?

 

[rabidz7]

I would agree. Is that sold by Apple as a supported product, or is it an aftermarket purchase?

It is aftermarket.

 

[Sgraffite]

Oculus founder says no Mac is powerful enough to run the Rift

This is misleading as he is saying they don't come with powerful enough GPUs out of the box. He is not saying that it is impossible for them to run the Rift as everyone knows you can buy a better GPU.

 

[evilgrin]

can you upgrade them now, aftermarket?