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Fred Emmott
@fredemmott.com

[1/5] PCVR journalists: when covering a headset software/firmware update, run the OpenXR Conformance Test Suite. If it fails, the headset/software/firmware *DOES NOT* support OpenXR and users should expect problems. The CTS is freely available on GitHub.

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Fred Emmott
@fredemmott.com

[2/5] You can ask manufacturers what version of the CTS you should use - this should either be the latest version, or any other version published by Khronos that’s at most 180 days old.

Fred Emmott
@fredemmott.com

[3/5] Some manufacturers routinely test their releases, and they should be celebrated for this: conformant runtimes make the whole ecosystem stronger and reduce locking. I’ve unfortunately also seen a mix of:

Fred Emmott
@fredemmott.com

[4/5] - some vendors seem to stick with an old version of the test suite - some vendors only seem to test their initial release, or only major milestone releases - some seem unlikely to have passed any version, and only been spot-tested on a few games

Fred Emmott
@fredemmott.com

[5/5] This is clearly bad for developers and users - and it hurts the ecosystem as a whole; your readers/viewers deserve to know what they’re buying; don’t mislead them by saying headsets support OpenXR when they don’t.