I really enjoy building technology around video and VR - for streaming, conferencing, 360° video, robotics and computer vision.

I work full-time on Open Source projects (like GStreamer) through my job at Centricular, and in my spare time I started reverse engineering the Oculus Rift CV1 VR headsets and building drivers for OpenHMD that support full positional tracking. I wrote a driver that provides full 6DOF headset and controller tracking for the CV1.

Subsequently, I wrote a 3DOF driver for the Rift S headset and controllers.

Lately, I've been working on the Monado OpenXR server. I ported the Rift S driver to there, where it gained 6DOF SLAM tracking for the headset. I helped improving the Windows Mixed Reality support, and wrote the first PS VR2 driver. I'm currently working on porting the controller tracking logic from the OpenHMD CV1 work and making it work for WMR headsets. Later I plan to get it supporting the Rift S too.

In 2023 I implemented a reverse engineered PSVR2 driver for Monado.

In 2024, I've been implementing controller tracking for WMR and Oculus Rift S headsets into Monado, based on my earlier Oculus CV1 driver in OpenHMD.

By providing some sponsorship you will be paying for me to work on getting these VR headset devices working as well on non-Windows platforms as they do on Windows. Full support would mean the apps in SteamVR now work with your headset under Linux. You would also be able to use your Rift/Rift S/WMR/PS VR2 with OpenXR applications via the Monado compositor.

With each $300 / month, I can spend a full extra day a fortnight on VR driver hacking

Currently, working only in my spare time means the VR driver development moves in bursts when I can find the time.