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Windows Mixed Reality to be removed in Windows 11 24H2 (blogs.windows.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by vividspecter@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

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Windows MR and HP Reverb VR headsets to lose all functionality in Windows 11 24H2, so don't update if you use those headsets.

I find it despicable that support for working hardware can be just abandoned after only a few years, and at least a basic driver should be released (ideally open source) if not the full WMR package, which few cared about anyway.

I'm hoping that Monado takes off at least as I only used Windows begrudgingly anyway.

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[-] PuddingFeeling907@lemmy.ca 55 points 3 months ago

Windows creates so much e-waste.

[-] Terr@lemmy.ml -3 points 3 months ago

Not nearly as much as Apple

[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago

I dunno, with that TPM 2.0 requirements some still perfectly capable computers won't be able to run Windows in 2025, at least not one that is kept up-to-date. That's gonna generate some e-waste in many companies who can't switch to Linux on a whim.

[-] sebinspace@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Eh, can probably get around that in command line. But still, most people don’t know that, so they’ll assume their shit is outdated, and.. back to e-waste

[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The thing businesses want the most is support, and with Windows 10 being EOL in 2025 and Windows 11 requiring a TPM 2.0 to be officially supported, if they encounter a large-scale issue and they're running an unsupported configuration they'll get a tough luck response from Microsoft Support.

[-] excitingburp@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

You're being down voted because Apple supporting old hardware is the only thing that Apple is good about. Would have done well in almost any other thread.