ALVR VS OpenOVR

Compare ALVR vs OpenOVR and see what are their differences.

ALVR

Stream VR games from your PC to your headset via Wi-Fi (by alvr-org)

OpenOVR

https://gitlab.com/znixian/OpenOVR (by avaer)
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ALVR OpenOVR
280 5
4,734 11
6.0% -
9.5 0.0
5 days ago over 1 year ago
Rust C++
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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ALVR

Posts with mentions or reviews of ALVR. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-08.

OpenOVR

Posts with mentions or reviews of OpenOVR. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-09.
  • F1 23 VR and Pimax Crystal: Blurry Mess
    2 projects | /r/Pimax | 9 Jul 2023
    Here you will find Open Composite: https://github.com/avaer/OpenOVR
  • Streaming Steam VR consistantly Crashes my computer
    1 project | /r/SteamVR | 2 Jun 2023
  • OpenComposite crash
    2 projects | /r/skyrimvr | 21 Nov 2022
    Wrong version, you need the openVR version. I think this is it. https://github.com/avaer/OpenOVR
  • Visual Shaking
    2 projects | /r/skyrimvr | 9 Jul 2022
    From what I've experienced giving technical support to Oculus headsets users is anyone who's using SkyrimVR or more importantly mods should use open composite as it bypasses SteamVR and gives a great boost on FPS... Not having steams bloated systems makes it much better and quicker to load... Once you have open composite installed I used the DLL from the site not the system wide as I'm not wanting it with other games... Open Composite This is basically dropping a DLL in then main steam folder, remember to backup the original incase you want to go back... And remember you can also go to your game in steam library and turn off the screen overlay not many people use it when in VR...
  • How do you launch a modded Skyrim with a Quest 2 ?
    1 project | /r/skyrimvr | 5 Jun 2021
    Open composite is an alternative to Steam VR. It's more lightweight, so helps with performance. https://github.com/avaer/OpenOVR

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ALVR and OpenOVR you can also consider the following projects:

SteamVR-for-Linux - Issue tracker for the Linux port of SteamVR

open-composite-acc

VirtualDesktop - Connect wirelessly to your computer(s) to watch movies, browse the web, play games on a giant virtual screen or stream PCVR games. Virtual Desktop is a highly optimized, native application developed for low latency, high quality streaming.

FUS

OpenOVR

skyui-vr - SkyUI interface mod for SkyrimVR

ALVR-nightly - Nightly releases of ALVR - untested and potentially unstable.

vrperfkit - VR Performance Toolkit

VirtualDesktop - C# command line tool to manage virtual desktops in Windows 10

openvr_fsr - Add Image Upscaling via AMD FidelityFX SuperResolution or NVIDIA Image Scaling to SteamVR games

OpenHMD - Free and Open Source API and drivers for immersive technology.

SteamVR-Toggle - Utility to quickly disable/enable SteamVR to avoid it opening constantly when playing VR-compatible games without a HMD plugged in