SteamVR Beta Now Automatically Installs The Oasis Driver For Windows MR Headsets

Free Oasis Driver Revives Windows Mixed Reality Headsets with SteamVR Support

If you thought Windows Mixed Reality was gone for good, think again. After Microsoft pulled the plug on the platform last year with the Windows 11 24H2 update, countless headsets were left collecting dust. But now, a workaround is giving those devices a second life. As spotted by UploadVR, Xbox engineer Matthieu Bucchianeri, who once […]

SteamVR Beta Restores Windows VR Headset Support on Windows 11 Thanks to Third-party Driver

The latest version of the SteamVR Beta automatically installs the third-party ‘Oasis’ driver, enabling compatibility with Windows VR headsets after Microsoft discontinued their support in the latest versions of Windows 11. For years Valve has sought to support as many VR headsets as possible on SteamVR. That included Windows VR headsets from a wide range of companies including Acer, Asus, Dell, Lenovo, HP, and Samsung. But Microsoft itself made …

SteamVR Beta Now Automatically Installs The Oasis Driver For Windows MR Headsets

Valve updated SteamVR Beta to automatically install the Oasis driver for Windows MR headsets on Windows 11 24H2 and above.If you missed it, a few days ago a lone Microsoft employee released an unofficial SteamVR driver for Windows MR headsets, called Oasis, re-enabling their use on Windows 11.The Oasis driver arrived just under one year after Microsoft started rolling out Windows 11 24H2, which completely removed support for Windows MR. This mea…