Open Knee Board (OKB) can be used for many things, but in relation to sim racing, this is used to allow Racelab overlays to be seen in VR headset, without using Racelab VR button or SteamVR as usual.
- Open Knee Board can be used with iracing, but is untested when using in non VR mode, aor with Oculus SDK,
- OpenKneeboard is not tested with OpenComposite, and issues will not be investigated
- OpenKneeboard can not be controlled via phones and tablet computers like iPads or Microsoft Surface tablets. Mice are not supported in-game.
Getting Started
Note that OpenKneeboard has NO WARRANTY, and anti-cheat software could theoretically have issues with it
- Download the latest release
- Install it; the installer will offer to launch OpenKneeboard when finished.
- Open settings
- Add games to the ‘Games’ tab if they were not automatically added; this is needed for tablet, Oculus, and non-VR support
- Configure your bindings; if you’re playing in VR, you almost certainly want to bind ‘recenter’ to the same buttons you use for the game.
WARNING: Anti-Cheat
While OpenKneeboard is not a cheat, it does hook into the games rendering and input pipelines, which over-eager anti-cheat systems may consider ban-worthy. While this is similar to how other overlays work (e.g. Steam and Discord), it is possible that using OpenKneeboard may lead to an anti-cheat ban.
As of March 19th, 2024, the developers have not received any reports of any users receiving any bans in any games, but this remains a theoretical possibility in the future.
Note that OpenKneeboard has NO WARRANTY; see the LICENSE file and full text of the GPLv2 for details.