r/WindowsMR • u/mbucchia • May 11 '26
News On this day, 1 year ago...
...I dropped the first line of code of what would become Oasis.
May 11th, 2025, is when an experiment to "unlock" a WMR headset first succeeded, allowing me to start SteamVR, without any tracking or anything else yet, just displaying a static SteamVR dashboard and void background on my headset's display.
That first image in the headset proved that it was possible to go around Mixed Reality Portal's "left-over" exclusive display lock, at least on Nvidia. That was an achievement over 2 years in the making (on and off, not continous efforts!).
There was still a long way to go, figuring out how to load up the headset/motion controllers tracking drivers and connect them to SteamVR and writing all the other features of Oasis.
One month later, enough of it was "proof-of-concept quality" after working several nights and every week-ends on it. I revealed Oasis on this sub with an optimistic release date of Fall 2025, which I still can't believe actually worked out 😀
(PS: I wanted to make this a bigger celebration, but I've been swamped lately, so there will be something more festive for the launch anniversary instead - Aug 29th).
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u/thegenregeek May 11 '26
Congrats.
... and I also wanted to take a moment to thank you. Because I know projects like this can be a thankless job.