Apple Unveils "Metal 2" Graphics API, Better Performance & Capabilities For VR

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Apple Unveils "Metal 2" Graphics API, Better Performance & Capabilities For VR

Well, it doesn't look like Apple is going to abandon their in-house "Metal" graphics API in favor of the Vulkan industry standard for high-performance graphics... Apple used WWDC today to announce Metal 2...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Apple-Metal-2

[davidbepo]

<irony>apple, good job keeping your ecosystem open and standard </irony>

[shmerl]

Well, who cares. They don't even support OpenGL 4.5 yet, and no Vulkan either. Apple should get lost.

[labyrinth153]

I guess I would rather have Vulkan, but if moltenvk takes off, I will be happy with metal.

[man-walking]

Why don't they join their gimmicks forces with Dyson

[Tomin]

assuming you have a Mac with a graphics card powerful enough for virtual reality

That sounds like a big assumption.

Disclaimer, I don't really follow Apple product releases nowadays.

[labyrinth153]

They just released support for external gpus on MacBooks, and new iMacs with new radeons, and iMac pro with Vega.

[omer666]

I'm tired reading news of Apple being ridiculous. But they are.

[sdack]

Just another good reason not to buy Apple.

[garegin]

Direct3d is not an open standard either.