SteamVR To Get Linux and Mac OSX Support Within 'a Few Months' (roadtovr.com)

Valve is planning to introduce beta versions of its SteamVR platform for Mac OSX and Linux users within a few months, RoadToVr reports citing an executive. From the report:One thing's for sure, if you're a PC user wanting to indulge in a spot of immersive entertainment right now, the choice of operating systems on which you can do so are mostly limited to just one. Windows dominates the VR PC landscape right now and that looks set to continue for a while longer. However, Valve will soon move to encourage a diminishing of that monopoly, as it plans to bring SteamVR -- the company's Steam-integrated VR platform -- to both Linux and Mac OSX platforms within the next few months. The initiative was revealed by Valve's Joe Ludwig during a talk at this year's developer-focused Steam Dev Days event in Seattle last month. During the talk, Ludwig outlined the company's view that VR should be as open to innovation as possible, touting the benefits for the long term evolution of virtual reality and how Valve, with OpenVR, are trying to keep what Ludwig calls platform "gatekeepers" from (as they see it) stifling progression in the VR space. Additionally, Ludwig stated that it's been listening to developer and user feedback during SteamVR's first year in consumer hands, and says that they've heard clearly that a version of SteamVR is wanted on other operating systems.

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Re:Can't wait to return to my home, Linux!

[kuzb]

The usual bullshit here. "Windows crashes every 10 minutes! LINUX IS THE ONLY WAY!"

Except millions run Windows and don't experience the doomsday scenarios you push as commonplace. Linux zealots are so threatened by Windows they'll say anything to demonize it at this point. There are plenty of things one could be critical of where Windows is concerned, but stability? That hasn't been a serious problem for a long time now.