Oculus VR founder: We’ll support Mac if Apple ‘ever releases a good computer’

In VR, you can simulate a Mac that is powerful enough for VR

The world is getting ready for virtual reality — well, the world of PC, smartphone, and PlayStation 4 owners.

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, who helped design the Rift head-mounted display that has everyone buzzing about the potential of VR, has said it’s Apple’s fault that Mac doesn’t have Rift support, according to an interview with Shack News. The engineer explained that the graphical-processing requirements for virtual reality are not an ideal match for the way that Apple designs its computers, but he would consider supporting Mac systems if Apple would build something up to his standards. This means Apple’s computer hardware will miss out on a virtual reality market that tech adviseor Digi-Capital predicts will reach $30 billion in revenues by 2020.

iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus rumors and news leaks

Enjoying the feel of that sparkly new rose gold iPhone 6S in your hand, and the joy of 3D Touch? Well, we don’t want to spoil that, but Apple’s already working on the iPhone 7, and rumors about it are beginning to heat up. Here’s what we think we know about Apple’s next major smartphone release so far.
New design: No antenna lines, water resistance, and liquid metal


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If Apple follows its own mobile trend the iPhone 7 should come with an entirely new design. So far, rumors indicate that the next iPhone will be water resistant, feature liquid metal, and eliminate antenna lines. In March, Nowhereelse.fr published what it claims is a mockup of the iPhone 7. The image shows a sleek-looking iPhone backplate with subtle antenna lines along the top and bottom edges of the device. Although the antenna lines still exist, they are less prominent than the ones on the iPhone 6 and 6S. The camera bulge seems to have vanished, too. The report also claims that the headphone jack has been removed and replaced by a second speaker.

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the iPhone 7 will be the thinnest yet at between 6 and 6.5mm thick. That is around the same as the iPad Air 2, and a millimeter thinner than the current generation iPhone.

vTime is the first social network for virtual reality

There’s a new social network in town, and this one brings you closer to your friends than ever. vTime, the first virtual reality social network fromStarship, has now launched on Google Cardboard, and will allow you to hang out with your friends in an artificial environment.

PlayStation 4 and Xbox One owners can finally play online games together

Microsoft is opening up its Xbox Live online service to gamers on other platforms — namely, PlayStation 4 and PC. Whoa.

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“Halo” hero Master Chief is just as shocked as we are. (YouTube/Xbox)

In a move that’s up there with Sonic the Hedgehog appearing next to Super Mario in a video game, Microsoft announced this morning on its Xbox blog that it’s opening up the Xbox Live online platform — the service you use to play games online through an Xbox One or Xbox 360 — to every platform.

First, in addition to natively supporting cross-platform play between Xbox One and Windows 10 games that use Xbox Live, we’re enabling developers to support cross-network play as well. This means players on Xbox One and Windows 10 using Xbox Live will be able to play with players on different online multiplayer networks – including other console and PC networks.