OVR Toolkit for linux

How to Download OVR Toolkit

Written by Curtis English

Table of Contents:
1. Screenshots
2. Installing on Windows Pc
3. Installing on Linux
4. System Requirements
5. Game features
6. Reviews

OVR Toolkit Screenshots

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How to Install OVR Toolkit on Windows Pc

  1. Click on the OVR Toolkit download button below.
  2. Choose "Install" to install the game on the windows steam client.
  3. Follow the on-screen prompts
  4. Let it download the Full Version.
  5. Once a game is downloaded, use the Windows Steam Client to play the game.

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Guide: Installing OVR Toolkit on Linux with Steam Proton

This guide describes how to use Steam Proton to play and run Windows games on your Linux computer. Some games may not work or may break because Steam Proton is still at a very early stage.


1. Activating Steam Proton for Linux:
Proton is integrated into the Steam Client with "Steam Play." To activate proton, go into your steam client and click on Steam in the upper right corner. Then click on settings to open a new window. From here, click on the Steam Play button at the bottom of the panel. Click "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles."

Alternatively: Go to Steam > Settings > Steam Play and turn on the "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles" option.

Valve has tested and fixed some Steam titles and you will now be able to play most of them. However, if you want to go further and play titles that even Valve hasn't tested, toggle the "Enable Steam Play for all titles" option.


2. Choose a version
You should use the Steam Proton version recommended by Steam: 3.7-8. This is the most stable version of Steam Proton at the moment.


3. Restart your Steam
After you have successfully activated Steam Proton, click "OK" and Steam will ask you to restart it for the changes to take effect. Restart it. Your computer will now play all of steam's whitelisted games seamlessly.


4. Launch Stardew Valley on Linux:
Before you can use Steam Proton, you must first download the Stardew Valley Windows game from Steam. When you download Stardew Valley for the first time, you will notice that the download size is slightly larger than the size of the game.
This happens because Steam will download your chosen Steam Proton version with this game as well. After the download is complete, simply click the "Play" button.


System Requirements

Windows Pc Requirements

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: VR ready GPU with 4GB VRAM or higher
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 150 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Windows 7 is unsupported due to how we capture the desktop.

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: VR ready GPU with 4GB VRAM or higher
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 150 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Windows 7 is unsupported due to how we capture the desktop.

Linux Requirements

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Mac Requirements

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

What is OVR Toolkit? Features and Description

OVR Toolkit is a utility application designed to make viewing the desktop in VR simple and fast, it allows for viewing the desktop within VR, placing desktop windows around the world, mouse input, typing with a virtual keyboard, and quickly switching between windows.

Please note that OVR Toolkit *only* supports Windows 10! Not Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1!

OVR Toolkit is a SteamVR Overlay utility designed to make viewing the desktop within VR easy and intuitive. OVR Toolkit allows you to display specific desktop windows, quickly select between them, use intuitive controls to navigate those windows, and use a virtual keyboard to type.

Ever wanted to reply to Discord messages without taking off your headset or looking through a nose piece? Ever wanted to pause that song you're listening to without fumbling around on your keyboard? Now you can with ease!

OVR Toolkit is compatible with mostly all SteamVR compatible headsets, though it does require tracked controllers too! The utility is being built with the Vive/Vive Pro, Valve Index, and Oculus Rift/Rift S in mind though WMR headsets are compatible too. (Compatible controllers require a trigger and grip)

Check out the feature showcase on YouTube! (Filmed on a pre-release build)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0LWKJaiK1s

Features


  • Overlays over almost all SteamVR applications: OVR Toolkit will display on top of all your favorite titles! (VRChat, Beat Saber, mostly all SteamVR titles, etc.)
  • Desktop window viewing: Allows you to select a desktop window and display it above your hand, or pin it in the world around you.
  • Multiple desktop windows: Create multiple different windows and place them in the world around you.
  • Attach windows to tracked devices: You can make windows move around with either your left or right controllers, headset, or have them stationary in the world.
  • Quick selection of desktop windows: OVR Toolkit contains a configuration 'hotkey' menu that allows you to bind buttons on its UI to switch between specific windows in one click.
  • Intuitive desktop input: Scroll up and down on windows by dragging, make a selection by dragging, like using your finger on a phone but with a VR controller instead! (This makes a lot more sense than it sounds like it does!)
  • Wristwatch: An overlay displayed on your hand that displays the time, date, as well as Vive/Index controller/Tracker battery percentages, as well as other values such as Vive Wireless temperatures.
  • Saving/Loading configurations: Like that sweet setup you've made? Well now you can save it, and load it again next time you launch!
  • Advanced settings for window capture: Really want to capture a window at 60FPS instead of 30? Want to make a window slightly transparent so it's less in the way? You can do those with our advanced settings!

Important stuff you should know about


We've tried our best to make OVR Toolkit support everything, but that just isn't how this world works!
Please take these compatibility notes in mind before purchasing:
  • OVR Toolkit requires being launched as admin, this is due to the inability to capture programs that are running as admin without running OVR Toolkit as admin, so it's needless to say a Windows account with admin privileges is needed. (If you're the only user of your PC, this is probably you)
  • OVR Toolkit only supports Windows 10. (This is due to the desktop capture API we use which was only introduced in Windows 10)
  • Oculus' software will sometimes overlay over our overlay. (This is because Oculus' software displays separate to SteamVR, our application will always display whilst SteamVR is active or you're playing a SteamVR game, just not when you open the Oculus Dashboard)
  • We cannot display our application over Oculus SDK games. (Our application uses SteamVR to display, though, most Oculus games will have a SteamVR mode, we advice you use this!)
If you have any issues with the application or find other comparability issues, don't hesitate to contact us! We'll whip up a hot fix ASAP!

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