Will Microsoft force uninstall the windows mixed reality portal app needed to even start steam vr? If so how to fully prevent it from doing so without making it a fully offline device. I play sooo much hotdogs horseshoes and hand grenades (h3vr) with a boat load of mods, and not being able to run it because windows mixed reality portal is removed from the system, will make me sad.
So what happens to, for example, the HP reverb g2?
I’m pretty sure you can make the g2 boot straight to steam vr at the moment so hopefully that will just become the default. Otherwise I’ll just have to stop updating my computer which is less ideal.
Can it play HL Alyx? I’ve wanted to get a VR setup but Valve’s is out of my price range and I’m not buying a Meta product. Picking up the G2 on clearance might be feasible though if it’s decent.
It can, and it looks quite good. It doesn’t have the finger tracking that valve’s has but it still plays fine.
Yup and quite well too. I really like my g2, the tracking isn’t always the best but it’s good enough most of the time and the screen is really good. You do need a fairly beefy PC though. I’ve got a 3070 and can’t run the higher end games on full settings. They still look good though.
Decades from now I will have to explain what the “3D Objects” folder is to some kid
Finally!!
Mixed Reality was a very poor product, so I’m not sad to see it go. I just hope Microsoft doesn’t screw owners of headsets that require Windows Mixed Reality for basic functionality.
Was there even ever any use for it, other than using the headsets on Steam?
Nope. It would popup, the user would close it as it did nothing useful, then open SteamVR.
I didn’t even know this was a thing!
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There is something that people tend to forget and very clear on what was learned from VR and mixed reality: if they means wearing a device in your head or eyes, it will fail. Technology needs to advance considerable in order to both VR and mixed be adopted into everyone’s life.
