Mixed Reality was a very poor product, so I’m not sad to see it go. I just hope Microsoft doesn’t screw owners of headsets that require Windows Mixed Reality for basic functionality.
Yup. If they leave some minimal process/app that keeps the headsets working with Steam VR, then nothing of value will be lost. It was an underwhelming tech demo and major annoyance.
How was it a poor product? By itself, sure, there wasn’t that many VR apps sold on the Microsoft Store, but once plugged into SteamVR, it was another story. WMR offered headsets for every budgets, from the low end to the very high-end and with more flexibility than HTC’s Vive and Valve’s Index.
Mixed Reality was a very poor product, so I’m not sad to see it go. I just hope Microsoft doesn’t screw owners of headsets that require Windows Mixed Reality for basic functionality.
Yup. If they leave some minimal process/app that keeps the headsets working with Steam VR, then nothing of value will be lost. It was an underwhelming tech demo and major annoyance.
Was there even ever any use for it, other than using the headsets on Steam?
Nope. It would popup, the user would close it as it did nothing useful, then open SteamVR.
How was it a poor product? By itself, sure, there wasn’t that many VR apps sold on the Microsoft Store, but once plugged into SteamVR, it was another story. WMR offered headsets for every budgets, from the low end to the very high-end and with more flexibility than HTC’s Vive and Valve’s Index.