How to bypass Oculus software?

[Daishuku]

I have Rift S
Before I got Rift S, I have Rift Cat, I know I have several game could run through SteamVR

However, my PC is getting old and began hard to deal with Rift S 1504*1616 reslution.
Sometime I need lower Resolution to maintain FPS 80.

I have put some game in Steam Library and set as VR games, but this run by Oculus client.

How to force the game running VR on SteamVR?

[BOLL]

As any Oculus PC headset requires the Oculus runtime, the Oculus store is mandatory to run in the background per the license agreement, at least when I read it a couple of years ago. Thus it's not allowed to use the runtime without it. When using SteamVR with an Oculus headset it wraps the Oculus runtime as there are no official native drivers for SteamVR. That's just how it is 🙄

[The Maddog]

Originally posted by BOLL:

As any Oculus PC headset requires the Oculus runtime, the Oculus store is mandatory to run in the background per the license agreement, at least when I read it a couple of years ago. Thus it's not allowed to use the runtime without it. When using SteamVR with an Oculus headset it wraps the Oculus runtime as there are no official native drivers for SteamVR. That's just how it is 🙄

100% this.

SteamVR can only run Oculus headsets by wrapping around the Oculus SDK which is mandatory for all Oculus headsets.

Riftcat on the other hand (since OP mentioned it) is just a 3rd party work around that allows mobile phones to access SteamVR apps.

In short, if you have an Oculus headset, you need to be running the Oculus software. At the end of the day, Oculus (Facebook) dont want you using or buying content on Steam if they can avoid it. There's no doubt in my mind they'd block Oculus headsets working on the Steam platform if they could get away with it...and who knows, they just might with the Quest headsets.

[Chimp Factory [M04]]

Unless you are some form of cyber wizard in hardware,firmware and software; you are at facebook's whim for Oculus products, the prime reason not to trust it.