ALVR - Air Light VR

Stream VR games from your PC to your headset via Wi-Fi. This is a fork of ALVR.

Direct download to the latest version:

Windows Launcher | Linux Launcher

Compatibility

VR Headset	Support
Apple Vision Pro	✔️ (store link)
Quest 1/2/3/3S/Pro	✔️ (store link *)
Pico Neo 3/4/4 Ultra	✔️
Play For Dream YVR 1/2/MR	✔️
Vive Focus 3/Vision/XR Elite	✔️
Lynx R1	✔️
PhoneVR (smartphone)	✔️ ** (repo)
Android/Monado	⚠️ **
Oculus Go	❌ (old repo)

* : ALVR for Quest 1 not available through the Meta store.
** : Only works on some smartphones, not enough testing.

PC OS	Support
Windows 10/11	✔️ (store link)
Windows XP/7/8	❌
Linux	✔️***
macOS	❌

*** : Please check the wiki for compatibility info

Requirements

• A supported standalone VR headset (see compatibility table above)

• SteamVR

• High-end gaming PC

  • See OS compatibility table above.
  • NVIDIA GPU that supports NVENC (1000 GTX Series or higher) (or with an AMD GPU that supports AMF VCE) with the latest driver.
  • Laptops with an onboard (Intel HD, AMD iGPU) and an additional dedicated GPU (NVidia GTX/RTX, AMD HD/R5/R7): you should assign the dedicated GPU or "high performance graphics adapter" to the applications ALVR, SteamVR for best performance and compatibility. (NVidia: Nvidia control panel->3d settings->application settings; AMD: similiar way)

• 802.11ac 5Ghz wireless or ethernet wired connection

  • It is recommended to use 802.11ac 5Ghz for the headset and ethernet for PC
  • You need to connect both the PC and the headset to same router (or use a routed connection as described here)

Install

Follow the installation guide here.

Troubleshooting

• Please check the Troubleshooting page, and also Linux Troubleshooting if applicable.
• Configuration recommendations and information may be found here

Uninstall

Open ALVR Dashboard.exe, go to Installation tab then press Remove firewall rules. Close ALVR window and delete the ALVR folder.

Build from source

You can follow the guide here.

License

ALVR is licensed under the MIT License.

Privacy policy

ALVR apps do not directly collect any kind of data.

Donate

If you want to support this project you can make a donation to our Open Source Collective account.