With Vive games basically being Vive only (unless extra support is added) I would take a guess that this should work with Rift games, but not Vive. The Vive's controllers are great for some games, but it also requires extra work on the developers part. Since this is just a headset, you would most likely use an XBox controller or the like, similar to a Rift.
Its cool that Razer has set aside a fund to help out devs who are just getting into VR.
Considering the recent dick moves from Oculus to DRM the oculus games to only work if an Oculus headset is connected I would not hope that this will work with those games.
Please note that the razer hydra was made by Sixense and they are currently working on releasing a successor although looking at their preorder page I would say that they are rather expensive.
Games exclusive to the Oculus storefront can only be played on the Rift (unless you use third party tool like ReVive). Games on Steam can be played by any headset which meets the physical requirements. So games that just track your head can be played by pretty much anything, but games that make use of room scale tracking and motion controllers can (at the moment) only be played on Vive.
"Are these compatible with Rift/Vive games or no?"
No. The OSVR is not compatible with games using the OculusVR (OVR) API, and the OpenVR-to-OSVR shim is currnetly outdated, so will not work with many SteamVR games.
The "will be able to work with a variety of controllers" tagline is also a bit odd: it will work with neither the Vive remotes not Oculus Touch (due to incompatible tracking systems), and any standalone controllers (e.g. Sixense STEM, gamepad, HOTAS, driving wheel, etc) will work regardless of any HMD anyway.
"unrestricted access to multiple realities // The HDK supports a wide range of content technologies through the OSVR ecosystem including - OSVR and SteamVR experiences."
OSVR isn't so much sponsored by Razer as it is made by Razer. They are one of several companies backing "thje project", but they're the only one making headsets.
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Nightcinder - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
Are these compatible with Rift/Vive games or no?It's tempting if they are, so much cheaper.
thetuna - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
Well, this doesn't seem to come with any controllers, so I can't see it functioning with Vive games at the moment.Stuka87 - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
With Vive games basically being Vive only (unless extra support is added) I would take a guess that this should work with Rift games, but not Vive. The Vive's controllers are great for some games, but it also requires extra work on the developers part. Since this is just a headset, you would most likely use an XBox controller or the like, similar to a Rift.Its cool that Razer has set aside a fund to help out devs who are just getting into VR.
valinor89 - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
Considering the recent dick moves from Oculus to DRM the oculus games to only work if an Oculus headset is connected I would not hope that this will work with those games.Morawka - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
nah i'd say we'll see updated razer hydra controllers to go with this closer to launchqlum - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
Please note that the razer hydra was made by Sixense and they are currently working on releasing a successor although looking at their preorder page I would say that they are rather expensive.brimalm - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
Indeed very expensiveabrowne1993 - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
Games exclusive to the Oculus storefront can only be played on the Rift (unless you use third party tool like ReVive). Games on Steam can be played by any headset which meets the physical requirements. So games that just track your head can be played by pretty much anything, but games that make use of room scale tracking and motion controllers can (at the moment) only be played on Vive.edzieba - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
"Are these compatible with Rift/Vive games or no?"No. The OSVR is not compatible with games using the OculusVR (OVR) API, and the OpenVR-to-OSVR shim is currnetly outdated, so will not work with many SteamVR games.
The "will be able to work with a variety of controllers" tagline is also a bit odd: it will work with neither the Vive remotes not Oculus Touch (due to incompatible tracking systems), and any standalone controllers (e.g. Sixense STEM, gamepad, HOTAS, driving wheel, etc) will work regardless of any HMD anyway.
naretla - Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - link
"unrestricted access to multiple realities //The HDK supports a wide range of content technologies through the OSVR ecosystem including - OSVR and SteamVR experiences."
- OSVR HDK2: http://www.osvr.org/hdk2.html
dsraa - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
These are sponsored by Razer? I didn't see it anywhere in the article, or any press release? I saw another article that did not mention it either.Lord of the Bored - Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - link
OSVR isn't so much sponsored by Razer as it is made by Razer.They are one of several companies backing "thje project", but they're the only one making headsets.
ORParga - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
Every time I look a OSVR.. I think... ¿Do I could add a 4k display?https://www.amazon.es/Original-Xperia-Premium-disp...
poppabear2521 - Thursday, June 16, 2016 - link
Hi will this new headset work with programs like vorpx game injectorcheers