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  1. Oasis Driver: Reviving Windows Mixed Reality with Native SteamVR/OpenXR

    August 29, 2025 delivered an unexpected lifeline to owners of aging Windows Mixed Reality headsets: a new native SteamVR driver called Oasis that restores direct SteamVR/OpenXR compatibility for devices left orphaned after Microsoft deprecated the Mixed Reality Portal. (roadtovr.com) Background...
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  2. Windows 11 August 2025 Update: Edge-Case NVMe SSD Behavior Explained

    Microsoft and Phison have pushed back hard against a wave of social-media claims that the latest Windows 11 cumulative update is “bricking” NVMe SSDs — but the episode exposes a brittle edge case in modern storage stacks, a gap between telemetry and forensic proof, and practical steps every...
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    • Forum: Windows News