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  1. Understanding Immersive Media
  2. XR Systems

XR Runtime

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An XR runtime is a software package which provides XR applications with access to XR platforms and devices. It can also implement functionality. Examples include the Oculus runtime and the SteamVR runtime. An XR runtimes can provide XR applications with a variety of interfaces with which to interact with them, which might conform to a standard such as or OpenVR.

Runtime Name
OpenXR Support
OS Support
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Oculus Runtime

Yes

Windows 10

Current version only downloadable through Oculus client. Legacy versions available on

SteamVR

Yes

Windows 7 (SP1)

Windows 8.1

Windows 10

Can only be downloaded through Steam (see ).

Monado

Yes

Linux

Source code available from , build packages available for Debian and Ubuntu.

OpenXR
https://developer.oculus.com/downloads/package/oculus-runtime-for-windows/
Archiving XR Runtimes
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