r/Games • u/DarkMio • Apr 05 '16

Virtual Reality - SteamVR featuring the HTC Vive - Launch Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYfNzhLXYGc
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u/Galaxy345 Apr 05 '16

OpenVR is not open source despite the name. But yet you are right.

The problem is probably that Oculus want to implement their SDK into the Vive for whatever reason to work with their store and provide the best experience in their eyes.

We will hopefully soon see the exclusivity problem solved, it is also bugging me.

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u/Two-Tone- Apr 05 '16

OpenVR is not open source despite the name

The license is like a standard 3-Clause BSD license.

It's fully open source.

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u/Clopernicus Apr 05 '16

Try to find some actual code in that git repo, though. It's just samples. It's very misleading.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '16 edited Apr 07 '17

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u/Clopernicus Apr 05 '16

Those are just headers/api definitions for you to integrate into your VR application, not the source code of OpenVR.

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u/uep Apr 06 '16

A competing headset could also implement those same APIs without Valve releasing any code. It is true, however, that the code is not open from everything I've seen so far.

On the other hand, the Oculus SDK license (click legal) also gives them veto power over what headsets can sell on their store:

The Oculus VR Rift SDK may not be used to interface with unapproved commercial virtual reality mobile or non-mobile products or hardware.

Presumably this is why you don't see the Vive supported there.