I can’t see why Oculus couldn’t just release a separate client for non Oculus users, and distribute there games that way for Vive and WinVR users, in the same way way EA and Ubisoft does with Origin and Uplay. More revenue for Oculus, there now knocking the ‘walled gardern’ That they get accused of, so good PA, and everyone gets to enjoy there games, which are arguably the best available in VR imo
I get what your saying, I really do, but isn’t PC about being open? What we currently have is console esq ecosystem brewing on PCVR, even Rockstar, a non VR company actively LOCKED out Rift users recently from LA Noire, sure it’s an easy bypass, but it was still locked. For VR to thrive, and it should do, I bloody love it! This ******** needs to end, on all parties
I think this is a war of game providing platforms. The way I see it. Steam originally started off the action when they released half life, making their platform a must have. They made a few great games and got a lot on board and kept them with great sales. Since then other gaming companies have tried launching their own gaming platforms. I see nothing wrong with them doing so. It is however, more effort and resource on my behalf. Various friends lists etc...
Valve and HTC are in business together. Oculus is the competition store front. Oculus are enticing their own users plus Samsung gear users in with fully funded games, and vr experience performance improvements. Steam/htc already has a huge user base. They add a wrapper to incorporate the rift using openvr (which is created by valve) as it is in their best interests for sales. Oculus want some of their customers but need to incorporate their own SDK (which is the better performing one) so that they may get a higher retention rate. HTC block this as not to risk losing custom.
It is still early to know. But as more headsets are released, hopefully a truly open source standard emerges. Not owned by anyone with their own vr business interests. No need for Steam or Home. But full compatibility with all platforms for choice