1y ago

if this succeeds, WMR headsets might be made Linux compatible and this will turn out to have been on-topic

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Sign the Petition

cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/11027166

Petition: make WMR open source
Microsoft has stopped supporting WMR.
Please sign this petition to?open-source the software, so others can maintain it and prevent the perfectly good VR headsets becoming e-waste!

Gaming @beehaw.org

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1y ago

Petition: make WMR (VR stack for Reverb G2 headsets) open source

www.change.org /p/urge-microsoft-to-make-windows-mixed-reality-vr-platform-open-source-2674db06-88bd-436c-9c06-2f4389671951

Virtual Reality @lemmy.world

F04118F @feddit.nl

1y ago

Petition: make WMR open source

www.change.org /p/urge-microsoft-to-make-windows-mixed-reality-vr-platform-open-source-2674db06-88bd-436c-9c06-2f4389671951

19 comments

When not even Valve can muster enough motivation, I wouldn't hold my breath on Microsoft.
- Valve actively maintains SteamVR and put in a lot of work for Linux compatibility. Doing that while open sourcing the software is hard. It adds work.
  However, open sourcing an abandoned piece of software costs virtually nothing, and can be a big image boost.
  
  You're wrong about open sourcing abandoned software being easy.
  
  I missed that button. Thanks!
  
  Valve actively maintains SteamVR and put in a lot of work for Linux compatibility
  You have never used SteamVR on Linux, have you?
- Are you sure about this?
  
  Sure? No. It was silly of me to suggest it was a question of motivation. I don't know enough about it to make any such assumptions.
  I did however give it another go earlier this year, with no success. I could try again if there is reason to think it should work. Valve is the company I respect the most when it comes to caring about Linux. Which is why it always surprised me that I couldn't use the Vive there. Still one of the very few reasons left for dual booting.

19 comments