I’m nervous about switching from Microsoft due to the lack of support for VR. Does this make VR/ALVR on Linux viable now?
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I play BeatSaber and few more VR games using ALVR and it's working great. (But I know that not all VR games fully work on Linux)
But you just need to know that its for Quest headsets running mostly over Wi-Fi (but you can also run over USB) so your milage may vary depending on your WiFi setup.
I use Arch btw 😅
Wait you're using a quest on Linux via WiFi? Q3? VR is what is stopping me from switching to Linux on my main. Are we there yet?
I use a quest 1 on Linux.(According to the alvr the quest 3 is also fully supported) Played about the last half of half life on Linux.
However some VR games just don't run well under proton I still have windows installed for that. Even if i didn't boot into windows for a half year now.
Also first recommend installing Linux in dual boot with windows if you don't know if al your programs/games work. Nowadays most stuff works but you can always keep windows for just in case.
If the only issue you would've had is the audio not working, and your chosen distro uses PipeWire, yes. Otherwise I'm not sure, it's one of the reasons I haven't switched on my desktop.
It was viable before. I used it for a bit to play no man's sky
It is already viable, have a look at lvra.gitlab.io for information about what works and what does not. I've tried to use ALVR before but eventually switched to wivrn since I found it to be more reliable, probably since it does not rely on SteamVR.
I wasn't going to get vr until it was plug and play on Linux and that has been the case for me so far, using alvr
Uhhhhh what's ALVR
I guess the best equivalent to Virtual Desktop for Linux?
Like Steam VR but an alternative. I actually got it to let me play VR from my Steam Deck to my Quest 2 over WiFi because Steam VR doesn’t even let you try.
You need ALVR installed as both an app on the computer and the Quest headset for it to work, similarly to how Steam VR works on the Quest headset too.
If anyone wants to know, Half Life Alyx was the game I played from my Steam Deck and it was on the lowest settings and was still very laggy. But it was still cool to try, nonetheless. I might try it again because I would like to play non-VR games through my headset through it as a way of having a different monitor. Something like using the Steam Deck as a controller for a game like Halo but viewing the screen through my headset so I can move around freely and adjust the picture size digitally.
Amazing