Microsoft, yeah, they kinda just threw their Windows Mixed Reality platform on the backburner when Windows 11 came around. Like, last year? It’s like they said, “No more PC VR headsets for you!” But then — surprise twist! — this thing called ‘Oasis’ is popping up, trying to keep WMR alive, or at least on life support.
So, there’s this guy, Matthieu Bucchianeri. Total brainiac. He’s got this grand plan to drop the Oasis driver on August 29th. That’s if Valve gives the thumbs-up. Which, I mean, fingers crossed, right?
Oasis is supposed to play nice with SteamVR. No need for that ol’ Mixed Reality Portal thingie. Full 6DoF tracking, motion controllers, you name it. Sounds magical, if you ask me. Except… only if you’re rocking an Nvidia GPU. AMD? Nope, no dice. Something about mysterious GPU driver rituals? They’ve been ghosting Matthieu about it — not cool, AMD!
And then there’s this Reddit post where Bucchianeri, bless him, spills that AMD’s all “meh” about helping. Something about LiquidVR and device opening weirdness. I dunno, tech jargon makes my head spin.
Oh, and remember how WMR kinda got the chop with the Windows 11 24H2 update? Yeah, that left a heap of headsets from places like Acer, Dell, and Samsung just… unsupported. Bummer, huh?
Anyway, Bucchianeri, he used to be deep in Microsoft’s mixed reality world. Now he’s got his hands in Xbox stuff, like firmware Jedi-mastery or something. But Oasis? That’s all him. His own wild ride. And he swears he’s not breaking any rules or stealing Microsoft’s secret sauce. Just a dude and his dream to keep VR dreams alive. Or something like that.
