alt.hn

3/26/2026 at 7:58:19 PM

Monado became the foundation for OpenXR runtimes

https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/how-monado-became-the-foundation-for-openxr-runtimes.html

by mfilion

3/29/2026 at 11:56:28 AM

> Every bug fix and contribution our customers make to Monado flows back to the community, benefiting everyone from indie developers to global tech giants.

literally two sentences below them talking about permissive licensing lol

by throawayonthe

3/29/2026 at 12:44:17 PM

> Today, that vision isn't just proven: it's powering the industry's most significant SDKs.

> This shift isn't about "using Open Source" — it's a strategic choice for technical robustness.

OK Claude.

> The goal was simple: bring the OpenGL model to XR.

The OpenGL model? The OpenGL model is having a specification that everyone implements, not a single foundational implementation??

> Monado is more than a runtime; it's a modular construction kit for building OpenXR stacks.

I'm done reading this.

This is unusually crap quality for a Collabora article.

by jchw

3/29/2026 at 1:54:42 PM

> The OpenGL model is having a specification that everyone implements, not a single foundational implementation??

They refer to Mesa. Otherwise unreadable I agree...

by bonzini

3/29/2026 at 2:12:34 PM

VDXR beats out pretty much any other OpenXR runtime in performance and is most certainly not using Monado.

by lightedman

3/29/2026 at 12:18:29 PM

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by charcircuit