Initiatives like OpenVR have allowed platforms like Steam to be hardware agnostic, allowing almost any virtual reality (VR) headset which supports the protocol to be used. The industry is striving for ever greater openness and interconnectivity, hence why The Khronos Group and its affiliates began working on OpenXR. Soon Oculus will begin to adopt OpenXR with support reportedly coming in the latest Oculus Public Test Channel release.
Appearing on the Oculus Forums, the preview release is available for testing now, just don’t expect to be running an HTC Vive or Valve Index on Oculus Home anytime soon. The whole purpose