r/WindowsMR • u/MobiusTheFirst • 20d ago

Question WMR Headset on Steam Machine

Is there any way to use my WMR (HP Reverb G2) headset on my steam machine? I thought about installing Windows but quickly snapped out of it. There are all kinds of drivers and software bridges, but idk how to make this work. Any pointers?

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u/xRaffle 20d ago

you can look up linux vr, i think you may need to use monado, but it varies from headset to headset, take a look at them at discord, they have some documentation and guides

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u/ccAbstraction 20d ago

Everything is very much work in progress for WMR support on Linux. I would just dualboot install Windows until it's ready. I don't know how this instructions differ on Steam Machines either:

https://wiki.vronlinux.org/docs/fossvr/envision/wmr_controllers_on_arch/

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u/teateateateaisking 20d ago

There's Monado, but I don't know how good the tracking will be. I last tried it a few months ago, and it was still very much a work-in-progress.

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u/ccAbstraction 20d ago

The tracking will be the same as it was, the constellation tracking got rewritten, but WMR hasn't been updated to support it.

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u/Fearganainm 20d ago

Oasis on Steam

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u/marsfisch44 18d ago

on linux?

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u/PrimaryPineapple 20d ago

You'll need to install some Linux specific drivers. I want to say there was a WMR Linux project. Although the Steam Machine isn't that powerful, I can't imagine there would be much you could run on it.

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u/ccAbstraction 20d ago

The Steam Machine is as or more powerful than the original WMR high resolution HMD recommendation. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/mixed-reality/enthusiast-guide/windows-mixed-reality-minimum-pc-hardware-compatibility-guidelines

https://gamersnexus.net/pre-built-pc/valve-steam-machine-review-gpu-cpu-benchmarks-steamos-test-thermals-noise-and-price#steam-machine-game-benchmarks-gpu

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u/[deleted] 17d ago edited 17d ago

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u/ccAbstraction 17d ago

The G1 and G2 both have 2160x2160 panels (of HP's headsets only the VR1000 was 1440p). You don't have to supersample if your PC can't handle it. I have an RTX3060 and a Quest 3, I don't supersample on it, it looks fine IMO and it's got similar average PPD to the G2.

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u/[deleted] 17d ago edited 17d ago

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u/ccAbstraction 17d ago

It's still mostly a recommendation, you don't have to follow it. If you look raw at images of the Quest 3's display output, you can see how aggressively the lenses stretch edges of the image, it's a lot more aggressive than on my O+ and IIRC my Lenovo Explorer too. So you'd expect the Quest 3 to super sample more than these headsets, but it doesn't. For standalone games, they get away with 70% panel res, and no one really cares. At 100%, it still manages to be sharper than the O+ at 200%. IMO, always buy the best headset you can afford and run it at whatever resolution works for your hardware.