Metal on macOS excels at live visuals; try a free Gaussian splat tool

Developer Anton Marini, aka vade, is bringing back the legacy of Quartz Composer and proving Apple’s visual APIs are ready for real-time. Have a look—and watch what you can do with 3D Gaussian splats (if you know you know).

All the new stuff from Apple you might have missed, for advanced creative types

Apple’s WWDC keynote kicked off yesterday with an event mostly focused on consumer features for WatchOS, iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and home. That means you might have missed a lot of the advanced creative features, graphics, and developer tools buried in the fine print.

Peter Kirn - June 8, 2021

Jockey could be the custom OSC controller we’ve been waiting for (iOS, macOS)

You’ve got an iPhone or an iPad, and you want to control …. a Max patch, a live visual or VJ app, Unreal Engine, a live-coding synth in Tidal/SuperCollider. Finally, there’s a worthy, fresh option for making it happen – one that makes making layouts uncommonly easy.

Peter Kirn - February 15, 2021

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