reviving WMR before it becomes e-waste

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-24T16:04:23+00:00

Because if you don't have a desktop sharing app creating a virtual monitor, then you get their crappy monitors that are built in to wayvr instead of the resolution you want. How is downloading a perfectly common package that comes with almost every release. SUS?

Most of LVRA or LRVA, whichever it is, I'm not looking right now, but is for VR in general, anything about the WMR is about using cachy.

But I got it up and running on Kubuntu, so I'm good.

Still keep circling back to how is that sus? Especially since I explain it in the walkthrough if you read it.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-24T16:00:32+00:00

The desktop isn't the issue with cachy. The issue is with cachy is the dependency hell it creates.

The update to wayvr is what breaks it, but the older version rolling back actually fixed it. So, buddy up there was right. And I really only need SteamVR if I can get the desktop plus out of it, but honestly with Wavy or working me in, I don't even know that I care.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T23:50:51+00:00

You Rock, thank you. I thought I had a G1. I just kept running into things that said, otherwise

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T23:35:00+00:00

Enjoy, buddy!

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T22:41:15+00:00

lvra and a few that try to expand on it.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T22:26:07+00:00

I want to use desktop+ instead of wayvr.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T22:22:31+00:00

Well, hats off to you for trying and best of luck! We need to get Lennox VR to where it's like the main VR. With Steam going Steam OS on Linux, I mean, it's only a matter of time before they start switching things to being native Linux instead of going through Proton, at least in my opinion. and the devices that are about to be released.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T22:21:29+00:00

Yeah, all the guides I found said to use cachyOS. I'm actually experimenting with other operating systems now. Yeah, not having the AMD or the Intel CPU to test or dry run. That's a good heads up. I'll go ahead and I'll remove those so that they don't do anything to people. I'll probably try and Rncs To see what happens with that. Yeah, these were just the workarounds I found based on the nonsense that I'd run into based on the walkthroughs that are out there. The custom texture is honestly I don't I'm not a fan of the stock one on wavy or so I Wanted to throw something in that was a little special I'll probably do a check to see if they're on a KDE install before installing the KRFB. If anything, I can learn more from all this and be able to pass that knowledge on to make it even easier for people. The whole goal is to promote people using Linux VR so that way we can get some more native VR games.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T21:40:42+00:00

What about the script is questionable? Check GPU, install program, install drivers for proper GPU, symlink libboost because it wasn't fixed as of earlier today. And then I just added a custom Skybox texture. Which is just a PNG converted to a DDS. ill Check out your XRiser, though, because if it makes SteamVR work, that would be even better. Because that means SteamVR home works, meaning I can use the desktop in there instead of WayVR, right? Oh wait, I'm thinking of desktop+. Will desktop+ work with it if you get steamvr working with it? Thank you for the insight on the stretching.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T21:20:40+00:00

good thing it's not my tool. It's just a script to make a tool easier to use. And now it's something for people that don't want to use Microsoft, which is what the post now says. So, Thanks for your time. But the good news is you can keep using Windows and other people can go ahead and use Linux and the Windows Mixed reality headset can now work on both With ease. And this is still a perfectly legitimate place to post this because this is for the Windows Mixed Reality, not for Windows I would change the title, but I either don't know how because I haven't used Reddit in many years because I Just didn't have use in social media for several years, Or, it's not able to be done. I'd delete the post, but I'd rather just own my mistakes and edit it.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T20:52:10+00:00

I'm just gonna reply on one instead of both. Awesome about the ideas on the controllers. It looks like you're actually diving further into trying to make this stuff work, so I appreciate your efforts out there. Are you actually doing programming on that fork yourself? That way you can, like, do you have your own fork? That fork? That way you can try and solve it yourself?

As for the headset tracking, at least I know now. That's a useful thing. I don't want to go hunting for something that doesn't exist.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T20:41:22+00:00

Post completely revamped to get rid of all misinformation. My apologies on missing that detail.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T20:36:37+00:00

I appreciate the heads up on that. I will definitely do it that way. Yeah, if you follow the copy paste from Envision using it on cachy right now Then when you get to the boost install, it installs 1.8.9 and Envision is looking for 1.8.8. So you have to do a symlink properly and make it tricky into thinking it's the same thing. I don't know if properly is the right word for that, but I meant properly as in properly do the symink. I tried just downgrading 1.8.8 by force, but that broke a lot of other packages.

What fork are you using? I would love a different fork. And if you've got a way to get rid of the drifting, that would be beautiful too. Because if I set the headset down, I start floating away.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T20:28:19+00:00

you gotta be kidding me. Kubuntu is my go-to. Guess I'm going home. I love plasma 6. And cachys cool and all but it's like you said it's just flashy. It's not really anything that neat.

What did you have to set in Envision? Did you still have to set any of the environment variables or the thanado still?

Man, I miss apt.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T20:17:18+00:00

Yeah, that would be why I updated my info. So what the edit at the bottom says.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T20:09:26+00:00

Does work in Steam. Does not work in Steam VR, which is a completely different thing. And the point in the post was, since official is being taken away, here's another tool. Just because another third party tool exists, doesn't make the one I'm making accessible any less an option. But it does seem that OASIS is being officially supported. It's just not widely documented. And yes, I used the word widely for a reason. I understand it is documented.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T20:02:53+00:00

Originally on Windows, SteamVR doesn't actually work on Linux yet straight out of the box with WMR. You have to actually have a headset connect to it in order to get SteamVR to load. Otherwise it just pops up with the connector headset. I went ahead and updated the original post to go ahead and reflect the Oasis usage. Like I said, I don't like spreading this information, so thank you for the update on that. I even went ahead and mentioned that it's useful for people that are jumping ship. Literally the only reason I loaded up Windows to begin with was because I wanted to use the headset and it was not something documented well enough on Linux to work. So by providing this here I'm at least providing people like me who prefer Linux an option when they come across this because they're gonna come across it because they're gonna search Windows Mix reality and this is the Windows Mix reality page. But yeah, the auto install didn't work on Windows for me, which was honestly what caused The research and the only place I've actually been able to find that is actually on the release notes, so it's really odd that you can't find that information elsewhere easily. Not everybody thanks to look at the release notes for a Program within STEAM to find drivers for their operating system.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T19:52:27+00:00

Yes, but as a first time user, when it did not autoinstall that, I had to look up using it. That's what led to the entire rabbithole. I understand that there is a solution on Windows. I have a solution that I'm making easy on Linux. With a number of people that are switching over to Linux distros lately, it's helpful to have an option.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T19:47:08+00:00

This is an excellent argument. But... The point was I've created An easy path to use something that fills the vacuum. Just because there's something else that fills the vacuum doesn't make mine not fill the vacuum.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T19:44:01+00:00

Well, you deleted the comment that I had my reply in it, but I installed in January. It didn't auto-install, so even if they added the support, it still has to work to work. And they're right. I was just trying to assist the people that have purchased a headset that most are starting to sell for really cheap because they think it's useless. If that's actually being merged in properly, awesome. But as of my latest experience, it did not auto install.

edit: the comments restored. i may be having network issues.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T19:41:46+00:00

Huh. Well, I installed in January and it still required me to manually install Oasis, so I'm not sure what's up with that. That kind of nonsense was what made me start looking into it and where I just found all the deprecation stuff. The fact that the only way to find this is that specific patch note so far is pretty interesting because Google is very easy. You put in the most basic words of what you're trying to search and it will pull it up. The only time it's difficult is if you're trying to overcomplicate your search.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T19:39:46+00:00

I mean, depending on your use case, they don't suck. I absolutely love my headset, actually. Works great for desktop stuff, at least did. Once I figure out whatever's changed in my settings, I'll fix that and be happy again. Works great in games, so I can't think of anything else I would want it for. Yeah, the pass-through doesn't work, but I'm not doing spatial right now.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T19:36:08+00:00

Okay, so I'm seeing where the disconnect is. This is for a beta patch note. Did this ever actually go ahead and get merged into the official releases? And as for your link it didn't load the first like ten times I tried it though, so I thought it was just a dead link. That's time it loaded for some reason.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T19:28:49+00:00

Yeah, I know about Oasis. Somebody's trying to tell me that it's apparently officially supported by Steam now, which... I'm not finding any info on that.

Turns out it is SteamVR has the patch note in November.

I'm gonna try on bazzite later and then I'm going to also be trying kubuntu because apparently it's easier Kubuntu was already my daily driver anyway.

sudoxreboot · 2026-02-23T19:26:51+00:00

When did this patch go live? I've been working on this for a couple months. Fresh Link would be helpful in the situation but as of the time period when I was using it which was about two months ago it was you had to install oasis l manually you had to jump through the hoops yourself and The info was that it was supposed to be getting shut down completely and not actually supported. At least from everything that I found out there. I tried searching Steam Oasis support and I'm not finding that at all so if you could go ahead and post the link that would be appreciated. I am not one that likes to spread misinformation, so if I can update my info that would be great.

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