Keith Packard Continues Working On DRM Leases For Vulkan / Linux VR

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Keith Packard Continues Working On DRM Leases For Vulkan / Linux VR

Keith Packard has published another update on his work around DRM leases and his objective of improving the open-source driver stack for SteamVR / Linux VR...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Keith-Packard-DRM-Leases-4

[sheepdestroyer]

Keith should maybe look to get his hand on one of the VR Mark kit :

http://www.pcgamer.com/evaluating-vr-performance-and-latency-with-futuremarks-vrmark/

Or maybe get the multimeter directly from their partner : http://www.optofidelity.com/test-sol...mance-testing/

VRScore was a similar product but the link form the review seems down : http://www.roadtovr.com/basemark-has...adset-latency/

Although, as interesting as these tools seem, i've never read a review of someone actually using them to compare the Rift and Vive, or any other HMD. Would love to ;-)

[sheepdestroyer]

Comment gone in limbo? retrying

FurtureMark has a VR Mark kit which doesn't seem available for individual customers : https://www.futuremark.com/pressrele...r-latency-test

Maybe through their partner : http://www.optofidelity.com/test-solutions/rd-testing/virtual-reality-performance-testing/

VRScore was a similar product but link seems dead : http://www.roadtovr.com/basemark-has...adset-latency/

As an aside, would really love to see Vive and Rift benchmarked against each other with this kind of tool... Wink Wink

[Sunderland93]

What Keith thinks about Wayland, anybody knows?

[FishPls]

What Keith thinks about Wayland, anybody knows?

He doesn't hate it, but he's not advocating for it either, afaik.

[pixo]

Now if only I could misuse this to run Kodi/Steam BP to the TV with separate input devices.

[lyons75]

Hey guys, I'm a total newbie to VR but I'm looking to set it up after trying it out at a friends house. I was looking at a buyer's guide on the Verge and I know so little about the actual tech that I need some actual human help and support.

I went through some lists describing the best VR systems but I'd like your opinion on it? For example, are there any less-known systems that I could get to save some cash. Of course, provided that they are reliable and worth the money.

Also, do you have any VR games to recommend? I tried Space Junkies and Beat Saber which are both enjoyable. Lone Echo from this list looks interesting but I'd like to hear some more opinions.

Thanks!

Matty