ID 545900 - An OVRService (Open VR) error occurs when launching Nuke

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Problem summary:

An Open VR error occurs when launching Nuke

 

Customer reported version:
Nuke 14.1v1

 

Customer reported platform:
Windows 11

 

Steps to reproduce:
1) Launch Nuke.
2) Check the Terminal output, and observe the error message that occurs:
Error: OVRService failed to stop, please try running with Administrator rights

 

Expected behavior:
Nuke should launch without error.

 

Actual behavior:
A OVR Service error appears when launching Nuke.

 

On CentOS/macOS, the error message that occurs is: Unable to read VR Path Registry from <path to>/.config/openvr/openvrpaths.vrpath

 

Workaround:
No known workaround at this time

 

Reproduced by Support in:

Nuke 15.0v2 - Rocky 9

Nuke 14.1v1 - Windows 10, CentOS 7, macOS 13 Ventura - Regression

 

Unable to reproduce bug in:

Nuke 15.0v1 - Windows 10, macOS 13 Ventura

Nuke 14.0v6 - Windows 10, CentOS 7, macOS 13 Ventura
 

Earliest version tested:
Nuke 14.0v6 - This issue doesn't appear in this version and has regressed

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