How to play Insects: An Xbox One X Enhanced Experience on Mac
Game summary
Insects is a real-time, interactive demo designed to showcase the best of 4K Ultra HD, High Dynamic Range, Spatial Audio, and the enhanced visuals of Xbox One X. Originally created for game developers, Insects was reinvented to be an educational and engaging demonstration of the console's real-time graphics rendering capabilities.
Insects looks best when paired with a 4K Ultra HD TV with support for High Dynamic Range but can be enjoyed on all Xbox One consoles and displays. Spatial Audio can be enjoyed over headphones as well as surround sound systems.
First released: Nov 2017
Play Insects: An Xbox One X Enhanced Experience on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Insects: An Xbox One X Enhanced Experience 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).
Insects: An Xbox One X Enhanced Experience 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 Insects: An Xbox One X Enhanced Experience like you would on any PC.
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