Steam Link VR for Meta Quest on Linux now appears to work in the latest updates

a year ago by poVoq to c/virtualreality

If you have a wireless VR headset and a Linux system, you might be excited to know that Valve's Steam Link VR now appears to actually work.

hyveltjuven 13 points a year ago

Been waiting for this!

Virtual Desktop is one of the few reasons I keep windows around on my home PC. ALVR on linux just hasn't been as stable, looking forward to trying this out.

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Supreme 2 points a year ago

Have you tried Wivrn?

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hyveltjuven 1 point a year ago

I haven't, what's your experience with it?

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4Robato 2 points a year ago

I use WiVR and works great! I don't have many VR games honestly but all the ones I've played have worked.

There's also this website: https://db.vronlinux.org/ where you can have an idea though is not always accurate.

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Supreme 1 point a year ago

Well, I haven't actually used it myself since I run a wired headset, but I have heard good things about it, and I've had a better experience with Monado than SteamVR, and Wivrn is based on Monado. I think it's worth checking out: https://lvra.gitlab.io/docs/fossvr/wivrn/

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hyveltjuven 2 points a year ago

Cool, will have to do a comparison of ALVR, wivrn and Stream Link at some point!

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Stampela 7 points a year ago

Sweet! I’m using ALVR, but options are more than welcome.

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DoucheBagMcSwag 3 points a year ago

Interesting development......steam frame related change?

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poVoq 1 point a year ago

Possibly, but hard to say. If my guess is right and the Deckard is a split unit with a home console like base station and a lightweight headset mainly for streaming then probably yes.

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DoucheBagMcSwag 1 point a year ago

It will probably run steam OS (Linux)...so that's why I was thinking that.

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poVoq 1 point a year ago

Sure, but why add streaming support in desktop Linux if the Deckard is a stand-alone unit? Linux on desktop is small enough, especially those overlapping with VR use that it really doesn't seem like this would be worthwhile, and so far Valve seems to have been of the same opinion as the VR streaming via SteamLink only worked on Windows PCs.

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