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
    31·
    1 month 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·
      1 month 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·
      1 month 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·
        1 month 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.

    • misk@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      7·
      1 month 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.

  • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
    8·
    1 month 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”