Developed by enthusiast patch helps to run games from Oculus VR on HTC Vive

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    Playing with Oculus called “Lucky's Tale”, launched under HTC Vive

    If you are in the throes of choosing a virtual reality slam torn between the Oculus VR and the HTC Vive, perhaps the following information will help you. A patch appeared in the network , allowing you to run many games designed for the Oculus VR on HTC Vive. The LibreVR / Revive plugin allows you to run several games - Lucky's Tale, Oculus Dream Deck, Technolust and others.

    At the moment, there is quite a strange situation with the compatibility of programs and helmets BP: SteamVR portal owners can use the helmet Oculus , while the Oculus Home portal is not available to owners of HTC Vive.

    The reason for incompatibility is friction between companies - legality, licenses, and so on. (and most likely, questions of a monetary nature). The founder of Oculus said that the company can introduce support for hardware from other manufacturers to the SDK only with the consent of the latter.

    But while companies dispute, users take everything into their own hands . The author of the patch tested the games on his 4.2 GHz i7 and GTX 980Ti system. Users with reddit, where there is a discussion, confirmed the performance of games on a Windows 10 PC, “prepared” for running games with Oculus.

    Patched games still require running Oculus support files in the background. To ensure the performance, it is necessary to patch the executable files of games. One of the games tested by the author was made on the Unity engine, the second is Unreal, and these engines require different steps to successfully edit games. Due to this, users have instructions for both engines, which they have successfully tested on other games.

    An Oculus spokesman, in response to a request regarding the legitimacy of the patches, said: “This is a hack, and we will not indulge the hacks. Users need to understand that patched games will not work forever due to the release of updates for both games and the system as a whole. "

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