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ISF’s visual magic for Metal and macOS is now open source
Interactive Shader Format (ISF) code for working with Metal and rendering on macOS, plus an underlying Metal framework that powers live visual app VDMX6, are now free and open source. That’s great news even if you’re just toying around with shaders or working with visuals, as it opens up lots of possibilities to come.
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Macs gain more even footing with Unreal – and about M4 for live visuals
Unreal Engine is looking good enough on macOS that Epic is starting to brag about it. That’ll still depend on which Apple Silicon machine you’ve got, though – which brings us to why the M4 Mac mini is starting to look like a serious live visual machine.
VDMX6 is the biggest live visual news on Mac in over a decade – and it’s $99
VDMX6 is the biggest update for the live Mac visual tool in over a decade. Wait, no – it’s the biggest single-day news for Mac visuals in over a decade, full stop. Metal support, TouchDesigner integration, HAP updates, and more have implications beyond VDMX6 to other live visual tools, too.
Mac updates: M3 performance gains, including raytracing, shading
Peter Kirn - October 31, 2023
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