VR on a iMac late 2015

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VR on a iMac late 2015

I have a Imac Retina 5K 27 inch late 2015 (with thunderbolt2 ports) and want to start with developping 360° video's for VR use. Is it possible to connect a eCPU and a HTC Vive Pro Kit for doing this?

Posted on Mar 21, 2021 10:58 AM

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Mar 21, 2021 11:22 AM in response to leogeudens

eGPUs are supported by any Mac with an Intel processor and Thunderbolt 3 ports1 running macOS High Sierra 10.13. 4 or later.

It looks like your model can't use eGPU as it only has a Thunderbolt 2 port and a Thunderbolt 3 port is required.

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Mar 21, 2021 11:33 AM in response to Old Toad

Isn't there any adapter available that can convert Th2 to 3?

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Mar 21, 2021 11:42 AM in response to leogeudens

No. There are adaptors to downgrade TB3 to TB2 but the machine must have the TB3 capability built in in order to use eGPU.

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Mar 21, 2021 1:30 PM in response to Old Toad

To be clear: does anyone here have good experiences with virtual reality esp. 360 ° movies on a Mac? wich configuration of Mac? which VR hardware?

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