**NEW UPDATE 5/7/16 – v1.0.1.6

OpenVR binaries updated to 0.9.20 (ValveSoftware/openvr@d645dba)

**NEW UPDATE 5/6/16 – v1.0.1.5

Added initial angular velocity support. It is now possible to spin stuff!

For testing purposes added ability to toggle angular velocity support with Button 2 on each hydra. It is enabled by default when IMU emulation is active.

**NEW UPDATE 5/3/16 – v1.0.1.4

IMU emulation : this feature enables the user to throw things with the controller. Since this introduces a considerable amount of jitter – even when the controllers are stationary – it is not enabled by default. To enable it, you have to press BUTTON 1 on each controller.

Today is the day all of us old Hydra users have been waiting for! That’s right! Valve has released official driver support for the Razer Hydra on SteamVR! This means anyone with a DK2 or a CV1 and a Razer Hydra can now play ALL of the HTC Vive games that are built in SteamVR! So much more content to enjoy!

As posted by BetaVR in Reddit “Valve just released an official Hydra driver for SteamVR, and is encouraging everyone to modify it to make it support other input devices.”

If you’ve been waiting for motion controls with the CV1 or DK2 wait no longer! So far everything I have tested works great! If you need help getting it working please let me know and I will be happy to help you get it working properly!

Here are the links you will need to get started:

Razer Hydra Driver For SteamVR – GitHub

Razer Hydra Wiki For SteamVR – Github < This link has the files you need! NOW EVEN EASIER THAN BEFORE! JUST INSTALL THE .EXE (delete previously added hydra folders if upgrading)

Having Trouble?

Don’t forget to install dependencies!!!

Install SteamVR. It is under “Tools” in everyone’s Steam Library. steam://install/250820 Install “Sixense SDK for the Razer Hydra”. It is also under “Tools”. steam://install/42300 Fetch the OpenVR SDK 0.9.15 from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/openvr . That version SHA is c95571027b79644643bca044538144c96194c4f2. Newer version should also work with minor changes.

If that still doesn’t work, try this fix by “OZi187” from reddit!

Two other known issues: “VC redist 2015 x64 was failing to install due to windows not being updated.”

Updated windows and then reinstalled VC 2015 and that fixed part of the problem.

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 needed to be reinstalled also.

I’ve done some work and also noticed that this works perfectly when using the SteamVR SDK within Unity. Everything is tracked perfectly!

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