As part of our efforts to make VR available to developers and players on as many systems as possible, SteamVR for the Mac is now available in beta. The beta comes in tandem with the macOS High Sierra developer seed and hardware news from Apple's 2017 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) that helps enable VR on the Mac.

SteamVR on the Mac offers players the same 360-degree, room-scale tracking as the Windows and Linux variants.

On the development side, we have worked closely with Epic and Unity to make Mac extensions of content built on those engine technologies as simple as possible. Extension tools for those engines, and others, are available as part of this beta.

We’ve also worked with Mozilla to help enable WebVR support on Firefox, so macOS-based web developers can start trying out VR.

1. Open Steam on your desktop
   
2. Find SteamVR in your Library under Tools
   
3. Right click and go to Properties
   
4. Select the Betas tab and pick SteamVR Beta from the dropdown

• For more information and access to Unity's updates for SteamVR and macOS go here[blogs.unity3d.com]
  
• Learn more about today's WWDC demo and Unreal Engine support for SteamVR on Mac here[epic.gm]
  
• Instructions for installing Firefox and WebVR samples can be found here[webvr.rocks]
  
• Download the latest OpenVR Software Development Kit (SDK) here[github.com]

• SteamVR for macOS requires Metal graphics support in macOS 10.11.6 or higher and runs best with Metal 2 in the macOS High Sierra developer seed
  
• An HTC Vive and appropriate connectors for Mac hardware