Alright, so here’s the deal. Microsoft just kinda tossed their whole WMR thing in the trash with Windows 11. Sad, really. They tried something new with VR, but now it’s just… gone. But wait! There’s this unofficial hero, Oasis. It’s like that unexpected, weird movie twist you didn’t see coming. You know the type. This guy, Matthieu Bucchianeri, decided he’d make this smidge of software magic, and it’s set to drop soon — probably August 29th, unless Valve suddenly changes its mind or something. Classic Valve.
So, Oasis is this bridge, right? It lets those Windows Mixed Reality headsets still talk to SteamVR, skipping all that Mixed Reality Portal jazz. Full 6DoF tracking and all. Sounds cool, but catch this — it only dances with Nvidia GPUs. Yep, AMD’s like a stubborn cat that won’t play fetch. Matthieu’s tried to nudge them, but it’s like yelling at a wall at this point. Dead in the water, he says. Oh boy.
Anyway, backtrack to last October, remember? Windows 11 24H2 dropped, and bam, WMR support took a nose dive. Acer, Asus, Dell — the whole gang got ghosted. Bucchianeri, by the way, was part of Microsoft’s brain team on this stuff. Now he’s off doing Xbox things, but Oasis? Total solo gig. No sneaky Microsoft secrets involved. Just a guy with a dream of making forgotten VR headsets feel loved again. Crazy, right? But in a world full of tech chaos, sometimes a little chaos is exactly what’s needed.
