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Installation guide
Launcher will allow you to manage old, current and new installations of ALVR streamer and allow to automatically install and upgrade to specific ALVR app version on headset
- Download
alvr_launcher_windows.zip
(on Windows) oralvr_launcher_linux.tar.gz
(on Linux) from the release download page and extract into a path that contains only ASCII characters (english only) and has edit permissions without administrator or root rights. - Run
ALVR Launcher.exe
(on Windows) oralvr_launcher_linux/ALVR Launcher
(on Linux) - Press
Add version
button - For default installation keep channel and version as is and press
Install
- Wait until it finishes downloading, installing (depends on your connection)
- To install ALVR app on headset, use button
Install APK
- In the list, to open streamer app (PC) press
Launch
. You will be greeted with a setup wizard. Follow the setup to set the firewall rules and other settings.
- Before launching SteamVR through ALVR, please install it. First time launch will result in steamvr being blank and alvr will not work - close it and start again. It will have registered driver and should work.
- Launch ALVR app on your headset. While the headset screen is on, click
Trust
next to the device entry (in the ALVR streamer app on PC, in theDevices
tab) to start streaming. - You can change settings on the PC in the
Settings
tab. Most of the settings require to restart SteamVR to be applied. Use the apposite button on the bottom right corner.
For any problem visit the Troubleshooting page.
To use the microphone you need to install the VB-CABLE driver. Set "CABLE Output" as the default microphone. Then you can enable the microphone in the ALVR setting, leave "Virtual microphone input" to Default.
- Install SideQuest on your PC and enable developer mode on the headset. You can follow this guide.
- Connect your headset to Sidequest. If you have Quest, Pico, and other compatible device download the ALVR app here
There is also a portable version for the PC that requires more manual steps to make it work.
- Download
alvr_streamer_windows.zip
from the latest release download page. - Unzip into a path that contains only ASCII characters and has edit permissions without administrator rights.
- Run
- Download
alvr_streamer_linux.tar.gz
from the release download page, extract it. - Run
bin/alvr_dashboard
If you want to get new features early or you want to help with testing you can install a nightly version.
Download the latest nightly streamer here.
Since nightly releases can be unstable, always use matching versions for PC and headset. They are updated once a day.
- Install
rustup
and a rust toolchain, if you don't have it: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Rust#Arch_Linux_package. - Install alvrAUR (stable, amdgpu), or alvr-nvidiaAUR (stable, nvidia), or alvr-gitAUR(nightly, unstable)
- Install SteamVR, launch it once then close it.
- Run
alvr_dashboard
or ALVR from your DE's application launcher.
For Flatpak users, refer to the instructions here
By default ALVR disables other SteamVR drivers before starting. Among these drivers there is Driver4VR for full body tracking. ALVR disables these drivers to maximize compatibility with every PC setup. You can disable this behavior by manually registering the ALVR driver. Go to the installation
tab and click on Register ALVR driver
. The next time you launch ALVR you will be able to use the other drivers concurrently.
You can skip the ALVR Dashboard and open ALVR automatically together with SteamVR.
Note: You can only do that while SteamVR is not already running. Otherwise driver might be unregistered on shutdown.
Open ALVR, go to the Installation
tab and click on Register ALVR driver
.
Check out the guide here.