Windows MR headsets no longer function at all with Windows 11 24H2. If you own one and want to keep using it, do not install the update.
  • @vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
    35•3 months ago

    Looks like Monado is our only hope. Pathetic support from Microsoft but hopefully it will be fully supported in Linux in the next few years.

    • @dogma11@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3•3 months ago

      It’s worked pretty well ok for me, but I only really sim race so it’s all stationary and no controllers.

      Highly recommend setting up Envision so it can build and setup the Monado/XR environment

    • @barsquid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•3 months ago

      I might try one second hand if they’re cheap. Can any of these work without some idiotic third-party account?

      … I’d replace the padding on any used device, though, that is a little gross now that I consider it.

      • @vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
        2•3 months ago

        Can any of these work without some idiotic third-party account?

        If you’re just talking about WMR devices (and not VR in general), then no, they don’t require an account. The Reverb G2 is the most supported by Monado (and has the best hardware), but I’d try to get the V2 revision. And the cable is a common failure point, so could be an issue with a used purchase.

    • @Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
      19•3 months ago

      They didn’t sell well, so no point maintaining the code when things break due to changes.

      • @moodyEnglish
        26•3 months ago

        That’s worse than just not maintaining code. They could stop maintaining it, but keep the current version active. Instead, they remove it entirely, and now a physical object that was purchased becomes ewaste.

        • @lud@lemm.eeEnglish
          0•3 months ago

          They didn’t remove support from earlier versions of windows though.

      • Echo DotEnglish
        3•3 months ago

        If there was an open source VR headset, I’d own it.

    • @misk@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      8•3 months ago

      That’s why there are less and less early adopters overall. Big tech cut the branch they were sitting on years ago and we’ve been in a free fall ever since.

    • @Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16•3 months ago

      Depends, did you invest in stock or products.
      If stock you are probably fine, Microsoft is very good at making money.
      If products, you are one of the people they make money on. And they couldn’t care less if you lose out.

  • Echo DotEnglish
    8•3 months ago

    That’s the big tech philosophy isn’t it. “If at first you don’t succeed, give up. Also if you do succeed, give up anyway just because”

  • atocciEnglish
    3•3 months ago

    I’m sure glad I didn’t get the HP Reverb G2 when it launched.