How to play Diorama Detective on Mac

Game summary

A quirky AR mystery game where you replicate crime scenes in a diorama, move around the physical space to take pictures and capture evidence to crack the case. Solve four lighthearted and quirky mysteries in the immersive AR experience, Diorama Detective. Use clues to crack the case by placing objects and people in a diorama where they were when the crime took place. Uncover what really happened by utilizing AR to explore strange angles and out-of-sight areas and capture photos for evidence. Collect your photographic evidence on the board and untangle the facts to piece together the story and uncover what really happened. Built from the ground up for AR, Diorama Detective allows for intuitive movement and exploration for all skill levels. Use the phone as the controller to move around and physically re-create the scene to reveal what’s really taking place in the Gold Beach neighborhood. What makes a kid think his dog is a werewolf, who is sabotaging the magician, and how does this all tie together?
First released: Aug 2019

Play Diorama Detective on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Diorama Detective on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Diorama Detective installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Diorama Detective like you would on any PC.
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