The most recent model of the SteamVR Beta mechanically installs the third-party ‘Oasis’ driver, enabling compatibility with Home windows VR headsets after Microsoft discontinued their help within the newest variations of Home windows 11.
For years Valve has sought to help as many VR headsets as potential on SteamVR. That included Home windows VR headsets from a variety of firms together with Acer, Asus, Dell, Lenovo, HP, and Samsung.
However Microsoft itself made the choice to finish help for WMR headsets on the newest variations of Home windows 11, making them not simply incompatible with SteamVR, however the working system totally. For WMR customers working Home windows 11, 24H2 and past, that rendered their headsets ineffective.
However now the third-party ‘Oasis Driver for Home windows Combined Actuality‘ has been launched, which restores help for WMR headsets on SteamVR, with out requiring the set up of the Combined Actuality Portal utility, which is now not obtainable on the newest variations of Home windows. Word: a serious caveat of the Oasis driver is that it solely helps NVIDIA GPUs, attributable to a scarcity of developer help by AMD.
Valve is taking issues one step additional to make it possible for WMR headsets work nicely on SteamVR. Within the newest SteamVR Beta (v2.13.1) the software program will mechanically set up the third-party Oasis driver for customers with WMR headsets which might be working a model of Home windows 11 that now not helps helps the official driver from Microsoft. You’ll find directions right here for putting in the SteamVR Beta for those who’d like to take a look at the replace for your self.
The transfer is the newest in a decent checklist of pro-consumer strikes Valve has made to make sure seamless compatibility between SteamVR and third-party headsets. That features making its flagship VR sport, Half-Life: Alyx (2020), appropriate with all SteamVR-supported headsets, and even launching a Steam Hyperlink app on Quest for wi-fi SteamVR play.
