Reverb G2 gets new life!!

[Chilli_40]

I love my Pimax Crystal Light, but the G2 is a heck of a headset, sure happy to see it's return!!

[spreckair]

See also https://www.roadtovr.com/unofficial-steamvr-windows-11-mixed-reality-driver/ for additional info.

After buying the Pimax Crystal Light, I doubt that I will go back to the HP Reverb G2, but I am glad that these headsets will continue to have life.  I can now give mine to my nephew.

[puyo3]

I have a Reverb as well, i saw mention of this pertaining to use with DCS, and wanted to see if it will work with Great Battles as well. I had thought to keep using Win 10 for a year or so, not wanting to purchase a new headset as yet due to limitations with my set up. I understand that the dirver works with Steam VR, so I thought it should then also work with GB based Steam VR as well. So when this comes available, I will go ahead and update to Win 11 and should be good to go, no Windows MIxed Reality needed, correct? That would work great for my situation.

 

 

[Aapje]

There is no reason why this shouldn't work with IL-2. It indeed does not require WMR.

 

Note that he posted an update yesterday that he is aiming for an August 29th release.

[puyo3]

Sweet, how timely, for many of us, great to hear.

[spreckair]

This just out.  

 

[Aapje]

Is has been released:

 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3824490/Oasis_Driver_for_Windows_Mixed_Reality/

 

List of known issues/workarounds: https://github.com/mbucchia/Oasis-Driver-for-Windows-Mixed-Reality/wiki/Known-Issues

 

First reports are very good performance, but also some issues getting it to work.

[Edbert]

On 8/30/2025 at 4:43 AM, Aapje said:

First reports are very good performance, but also some issues getting it to work.

It "sees" my headset, but not my controllers. Of course with IL2 (and my racing games) I do not want or need controllers. But this is a show stopper for me.

[Aapje]

2 hours ago, Edbert said:

It "sees" my headset, but not my controllers. Of course with IL2 (and my racing games) I do not want or need controllers. But this is a show stopper for me.

 

This is discussed in the second link that I posted, including a solution.

[slojani]

Hi,

does anyone know if il2 BOS and open XR tool kit can work with Oassis driver.

 

Thanks 

My Windows 11 updated to 24H2, HP reverb G2 was not working and I successfully installed the oassis driver and everything works  fine. But I am missing all the settings provided by the openxr tool kit.

[dgiatr]

6 hours ago, slojani said:

Hi,

does anyone know if il2 BOS and open XR tool kit can work with Oassis driver.

 

Thanks 

My Windows 11 updated to 24H2, HP reverb G2 was not working and I successfully installed the oassis driver and everything works  fine. But I am missing all the settings provided by the openxr tool kit.

Unfortunately I don't think you can. Oasis works only with steamvr , so no open composite or openxr toolkit...

Edited September 4 by dgiatr

[Nikoz]

14 часов назад, slojani сказал:

Hi,

does anyone know if il2 BOS and open XR tool kit can work with Oassis driver.

 

Thanks 

My Windows 11 updated to 24H2, HP reverb G2 was not working and I successfully installed the oassis driver and everything works  fine. But I am missing all the settings provided by the openxr tool kit.

It's surely possible, it works just fine for me along with XRNeckSafer, which runs on the same principle as 3rd party OpenXR add-on. @mbucchia saying here it's possible https://github.com/mbucchia/Oasis-Driver-for-Windows-Mixed-Reality/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions#can-i-use-openxr-toolkit-with-it , it's just not recommended as OpenXR Toolkit is no longer officially in development. You need to use OpenComposite to enable 3rd party OpenXR add-ons https://github.com/mbucchia/Oasis-Driver-for-Windows-Mixed-Reality/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions#can-i-use-opencomposite-with-it

[Edbert]

On 8/31/2025 at 6:03 PM, Aapje said:

 

This is discussed in the second link that I posted, including a solution.

  I saw that section did not help. My system has built-in Bluetooth and I have several devices already working just fine. I was thinking my G2 might have died again since HP replaced it several times while it was under warranty, so I gave up and ordered a Pimax :-)

 

Since then I took my reverb to a friends house who is not running Win11 and it worked just fine. So who knows? But I have moved on and will not look back. Is there a good place to sell used flight-gear? I'm thiking it should be worth $100, maybe not.

[Hartigan]

Is there any way to adjust the sharpening setting with the new Oasis driver? OpenXR Toolkit was the only way to get a sharp image. Im planning to update Win11

[TCW_Brzi_Joe]

You may probably add sharpening with OpenVR_FSR (for multyplayer, and single.) - set FSR=on in config with value ss=1, sharpening between 0 and 1.

VRperfkit (singleplayer only), it works similar, didn't use it long time.

[[CPT]Crunch]

9 hours ago, Hartigan said:

Is there any way to adjust the sharpening setting with the new Oasis driver? OpenXR Toolkit was the only way to get a sharp image. Im planning to update Win11

If you have a NVIDIA card do sharpening through the control panel, in the Stormvik profile, while the game is open.  It's the top setting in the list and the sharpening settings can be set and saved live to the profile while the game is up, you should see the difference popping back into the game.  May want to turn the in game sharping off if you go full in the panel, it can conflict causing hard spotting. 

 

SSAO to off, that too can cause spotting issues.  

 

This setting is NIS, the exact same one previously accessible via the toolkit, NVIDIA just granted direct access, but remember it only is fully accessable when the game is open.   

Edited October 17 by [CPT]Crunch