This isn't exactly surprising, but Razer have joined The Khronos Group to back open standards. While not surprising, it's still awesome news.
From the Khronos website:
More and more developers and hardware makers are doing pushes towards opening up and this is yet another sign of things to come.
Why is it not surprising? Razer make Virtual Reality headsets and OSVR (what Razer headsets use for their VR) is now officially supported on Steam, so it wasn't hard to see something like this coming. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
From the Khronos website:
QuoteThe Khronos Group is proud to announce that Razer has joined as a Contributor Member. Razer is a world leader in connected devices and software for gamers. Its award-winning design and technology span systems, peripherals, audio and wearable technologies. Razer co-founded OSVR, an open-source platform that integrates VR, AR and mixed reality hardware and software APIs that support a universal VR ecosystem.
More and more developers and hardware makers are doing pushes towards opening up and this is yet another sign of things to come.
Why is it not surprising? Razer make Virtual Reality headsets and OSVR (what Razer headsets use for their VR) is now officially supported on Steam, so it wasn't hard to see something like this coming. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I am starting to like this company more and more, even though I am still skeptical about their products.
Open standards are good for everyone!
Open standards are good for everyone!
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There is a project to create Linux support for Razer products. Has anybody tried these drivers?
https://terrycain.github.io/razer-drivers/
https://terrycain.github.io/razer-drivers/
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Mountain Man Dec 2, 2016
I'd be more excited if Razer products weren't complete shit.
Last edited by Mountain Man on 2 December 2016 at 1:42 pm UTC
Last edited by Mountain Man on 2 December 2016 at 1:42 pm UTC
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Quoting: FredOThere is a project to create Linux support for Razer products. Has anybody tried these drivers?Yes, and there's also a front-end for its daemon: https://github.com/lah7/polychromatic (which is my contribution back)
https://terrycain.github.io/razer-drivers/
They work great with my 3 Razer products -- BlackWidow Chroma, Mamba TE and the Firefly. If it wasn't for these drivers, I wouldn't have bought Razer stuff to use under Linux.
The author of these drivers even got free stuff from Razer at one point as their way of saying thanks.
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