Status on 0.6.0.0 Runtime for OS X and related files?

Oculus has stopped development for OSX and Linux. https://www.oculus.com/blog/powering-the-rift/

Well... That is shitty. I ordered before they announced that, and here's me setting up my brand new Oculus VR and wondering where the hell the OS X dev files are... :evil:

Even the DK2 landing page still says OS X is targeted: https://www.oculus.com/en-us/dk2/

You should be angry at Apple for their lack of support.
Good VR requires changes in both drivers, and windows management/compositing system.
As you can see AMD and Nvidia are on board as well as Microsoft.
Where is Apple integration ?

I'm sorry that Mac support was "paused" and for the fact that it still says it works on the product page (I'm trying to get that fixed now). You may still be able to use the older 0.5.0.1 SDK/runtime but it may not work for a long time.

After reading the new minimum requirements, and with the understanding that I probably have one of the few Macs in existence (Mac Pro) that can handle it... it makes sense. Damn it.

I don't think Apple's support is the problem. I think it's that most Macs these days (except one of mine, which is a newish Mac Pro) are laptops, using mobile graphics hardware, which is insufficient.

@mrkaktus I don't want to get into a discussion on this but OS X actually has an excellent and long-standing graphics compositor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz_(graphics_layer)

Meantime I can just dual-boot to Windows for now, which is annoying (mainly because Windows is annoying)

Hi Guys,

I just ordered a rift which is arriving today, the last time I checked it supported OS X. Now It looks like this has been dropped!

Where can I access the last working SDK for OS X?

Many thanks

Andy


Edit: Don't worry I have found it. Is OS X support going to re-apear at some point?

Edit: Don't worry I have found it. Is OS X support going to re-apear at some point?

Can you link me to it? I can't seem to find it.

Edit: Nevermind, I found it too.

Mac support may return at some point. However, I don't know when that will happen.

The thing that gets me is that we didn't even get the courtesy of an email telling us Linux and OSX support had been dropped. I only found out today because a friend told me! I just stopped getting emails notifying me of the new SDK versions. I assumed Oculus had moved on from the DK2. Now I find out they're still developing for it, but not in a way I can use.

I simply cannot believe they failed to update their product pages. That's beyond unprofessional.

I'm returning my DK2. It was mis-sold. It's such a shame what's become of the Rift.