A Linux patch has been posted for delivering a quirk so that the Bigscreen Beyond VR Headset can properly behave under Linux and in turn also jives with the likes of SteamVR.

The Bigscreen Beyond is a VR headset that makes claims to being "the world's smallest VR headset" and features 2560 x 2560 per-eye OLED micro-displays with up to 90Hz refresh rate. The Bigscreen Beyond features pancake optics, SteamVR tracking, and more all the while weighing just 127 grams and retailing for $999 USD.

[1]This patch as a simple one-liner adds a quirk so that the Bigscreen Beyond VR Headset is properly treated as a non-desktop display. From several years ago you may recall all the work on the Linux desktop around [2]"non-desktop" quirks and other [3]non-desktop handling so that these VR headsets aren't treated as a conventional display whereby the Linux desktops try to map/use them but rather reserved for the specialized VR uses. Faulty EDID/DisplayID appears to be why this manual quirk is needed for the Bigscreen Beyond.

In turn this should fix the [4]SteamVR issue for using this VR headset on Linux and the associated [5]FreeDesktop.org bug report . As of writing this quirk patch just remains on the mailing list and hasn't been picked up yet by any kernel.



[1] https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20240517105555.654262-1-contact@scrumplex.net/

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-4.15-Non-Desktop-Quirk

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/search/non-desktop

[4] https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/issues/610

[5] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/misc/kernel/-/issues/39