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JakeMoe

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Registered: 2021-10-11

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[Solved] WiVRn + OpenComposite + Steam VR assistance request

Hi all, I've got a Meta Quest 3 that I'd like to try to get working in Linux, probably via Steam game(s) to get started.  I've read through the Virtual Reality section of the Arch docs and it sounds like currently I'd be best off trying WiVRn.  So I've installed WiVRn from AUR, and through troubleshooting was led to believe I'll need OpenComposite as well, which I've also installed from AUR.  I've enabled Avahi, I can start the dashboard and server, and the client app within my headset can connect to the server.  It then tells me in the headset to launch a VR app to get started.

The only VR app I believe I have is Steam's "Escape Simulator", which added VR support in an update a while ago.  I've added the launch options given in the wivrn-dashboard, but when I start the game, it just comes up on my monitor, not in my headset.  The headset just continues to tell me to launch a VR app.

Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing?  Am I on the right track, or should I be looking at ALVR + SteamVR, or something else?  Any idea who or where I can ask questions about this?  Is this the right place to post something like this, or should I move to a different section of the forum?

Last edited by JakeMoe (2025-08-04 10:19:14)

JakeMoe

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Registered: 2021-10-11

Posts: 10

Re: [Solved] WiVRn + OpenComposite + Steam VR assistance request

Nevermind, I wound up trying again with a different game (VRChat), and it launched correctly.  So it seems the setup is correct, just the game I tried didn't launch into the headset where it was supposed to.

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [Solved] WiVRn + OpenComposite + Steam VR assistance request

Glad you figured it out, please prepend [Solved] to the thread title (edit first post)

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