Publicado originalmente por .banana:

Hey there Sony,

thanks for bringing PSVR2 to PC.
I would buy this device immediatly if it would have Linux support.
Since you are a pretty Linux-friendly company and you also released Linux-drivers for your controllers it would be really nice if you would give us Linux-users something to tinker with.
It must not be a full casual solution, something hacky would be more than enough.

This would make this headset nearly perfect in my opinion!

proton might be able to make it work so there might be no point releasing Linux drivers if proton can convert the windows stuff perfectly fine

Publicado originalmente por AceHercules1196:

proton might be able to make it work so there might be no point releasing Linux drivers if proton can convert the windows stuff perfectly fine

Proton doesn't work for drivers unfortunately.
This has to be implemented on the Linux side of things.

I would also like to replace my vr headset with one that works on a linux computer.

edit:
And it's not a mobile vr like a quest.

Would be great for a linux driver - or if Sony open sourced this app.

Publicado originalmente por Monky Games:

Would be great for a linux driver - or if Sony open sourced this app.

The app is made with UE5 for some reason so it's about as open source as a UE5 game which I don't think any are

Publicado originalmente por AceHercules1196:

Publicado originalmente por Monky Games:

Would be great for a linux driver - or if Sony open sourced this app.

The app is made with UE5 for some reason so it's about as open source as a UE5 game which I don't think any are

Those are different "spaces", as one would say in computing.
While this App runs in Userspace, and you can run it through Proton, the driver must be installed in driver/kernelspace.
That's the reason why Proton won't work. And this is also the reason why the App being done in UE5 makes practically no difference for this question here.
When you install the App on windows for example you get this pop-up that he wants to install a new driver. This is the important bit.
The app itself is just a nice UI in the end and even if the App itself would be open-source this wouldn't change anything for Linux-Users. The instructions on how your machine connects and communicates with the headset are buried in compiled windows-binaries and the PSVR2-Steam-App just hands it over to your system for installation.

Publicado originalmente por .banana:

Publicado originalmente por AceHercules1196:

The app is made with UE5 for some reason so it's about as open source as a UE5 game which I don't think any are

Those are different "spaces", as one would say in computing.
While this App runs in Userspace, and you can run it through Proton, the driver must be installed in driver/kernelspace.
That's the reason why Proton won't work. And this is also the reason why the App being done in UE5 makes practically no difference for this question here.
When you install the App on windows for example you get this pop-up that he wants to install a new driver. This is the important bit.
The app itself is just a nice UI in the end and even if the App itself would be open-source this wouldn't change anything for Linux-Users. The instructions on how your machine connects and communicates with the headset are buried in compiled windows-binaries and the PSVR2-Steam-App just hands it over to your system for installation.

Yea, the driver part of this app is what is needed to be open sourced. Although the UE5 would also be super awesome too.

Will Sony Open Source the drivers? Are there any drivers that Sony open sourced in the past?

The driver is embedded in the app. Unless they make a Linux version , it's strictly windows. The last time Sony dealt with anything related to Linux was when the PlayStation 3 first released. You could install Linux or "OtherOS" as they called it. It was short lived but quite a radical concept to allow Linux to be installed on a home console.

Publicado originalmente por Strokin_76:

The driver is embedded in the app. Unless they make a Linux version , it's strictly windows. The last time Sony dealt with anything related to Linux was when the PlayStation 3 first released. You could install Linux or "OtherOS" as they called it. It was short lived but quite a radical concept to allow Linux to be installed on a home console.

What's radical about it, after all, sony consoles run on bsd, most people don't see the difference between bsd and linux. Phones are also a java virtual machine running on Linux. Everyone today uses Linux on at least a few devices. The joke is that they don't know it.

Publicado originalmente por Monky Games:

Will Sony Open Source the drivers? Are there any drivers that Sony open sourced in the past?

Sony does inhouse "Unix"-kernel-development.
As grzegorz stated the Sony Playstation OS is just another Unixoid, just as Linux.
And the Playstation is also just a jailed PC in the end. Just as the Xbox was.
Also Sony released Linux open source drivers for their Controllers.
So i would say that the chances that we will get a Linux-driver for PSVR2 are not Zero.
I think it depends very on the question if this is now a "desperate sale" by Sony and they want to pull out of VR or if this is a attempt to reach more customers with their brand. If they want to stay in VR, bringing a Linux-driver would make sense as the next step imo.

Publicado originalmente por Strokin_76:

The driver is embedded in the app. Unless they make a Linux version , it's strictly windows. The last time Sony dealt with anything related to Linux was when the PlayStation 3 first released. You could install Linux or "OtherOS" as they called it. It was short lived but quite a radical concept to allow Linux to be installed on a home console.

I am not a Kernel-Guy, but i found this:
https://github.com/zfett/PSVR2_LinuxKernel_1.10/tree/main

This looks for me like the obligatory release of a Linux-Kernel for the purpose of using it commercially. A part of the answer might actually be already public?

Linux debian, one of the basic distributions (from which everything starts, those from which clones like ubuntu are built). In those years, it had a whole branch for power pc processors.

https://www.debian.org/releases/etch/

I don't know if this cell processor was supported on the supplied kernel. But if not, you could probably use a different kernel.

I didn't look long, if you are interested in it you can click on some links.

Found this comment here:

Funnily enough, I connected it to my GPU's 1st out and it treated it as a default output. When I rebooted I saw nothing on any of my screens, turns out you can even see the BIOS / EFI boot process in VR.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PSVR2onPC/comments/1emzqmg/can_you_use_the_psvr2_on_pc_to_browse_the_net/lh4l6mc/

This makes hope that this really is just a matter of time.

If you're a Linux user who wants to play PC games then you should have a dual boot to Windows. This whole thing has been done on a minimum effort basis and I do not ever expect linux drivers.

I think the issue is that PC VR is already niche, and Linux VR is a niche inside a niche, so I doubt Sony would even bother unless Linux was significantly dominant in PC gaming. Would be nice though.