VR on OSX

[grrrwaaa]

From Clovis McEvoy:

I've just had a go at switching it over to OSX on high sierra. So far everything works fine with the Steam VR but getting the vrmonitor app to initialise with Max and the VR patch doesnt seem to be happening. Opening the patch doesn't seem to initialise the vive and if I open vrmonitor through the steamvr app it stays stuck on that.

[grrrwaaa]

I thought I had enabled support for OSX, but I don’t have a system to test on.

One thing you could try first: Trash the Documents/Max 7/Packages/VR folder and download a new one from https://github.com/worldmaking/vr -> Clone or Download -> Download.zip, then extract that to make a new Documents/Max 7/Packages/VR, then reboot Max.

If that doesn't work, I could try updating the OpenVR SDK.

[Clovix]

Sorry I've been snowed under with work.

I'll try a fresh download of the package in the next couple of days and let you know how I get on.

[Clovix]

Hey

Just tried a fresh install of the package as per your above instructions, no luck I'm afraid.

I'm currently on a 2017 MBP (not planning on using the video engine, just the tracking system) but I will test it on an iMac with a slightly better GPU in a few days to see if that makes any difference.

Thanks!

[tenukiidog]

Hey there,

Just wanted to revive this thread. The HTC Vive works on the new OSX High Sierra but still won't initialise with Max MSP. Did you end up updating the OpenVR SDK?

Cheers!

[matcham]

same issue here :
MacBook Pro 2017 / macOs 10.15.2
my Vive Pro works fine in steamVR, but vr external in Max 8 doesn't recognise it.
(the graphic card in this computer is not fantastic.. but I would love to be able to get the trackers directly in my Mac / Max)

[krlklm]

Same issue here:
Hackintosh with Intel Core i9 3.6 GHz, AMD Radeon VII, macOS 10.14.6

SteamVR version: "macos_beta - SteamVR Beta Update (macOS)" is running. But no way to connect to Steam from macOS version of Max 8.1.11 with VR package V.1.0.1.

vr-info: connected 0
vr-info: driver steam
vr-info: dim 1920 1080

I'd like to stay away from Windows.