PhoneVR VS ALVR

Compare PhoneVR vs ALVR and see what are their differences.

PhoneVR

Use Steam VR-enabled applications with your phone as HMD (Head-mounted display). The only Open-Source solution to similar commercial packages like VRidge, iVRy, Trinus etc etc. (by alvr-org)

ALVR

Stream VR games from your PC to your headset via Wi-Fi [Moved to: https://github.com/alvr-org/ALVR] (by JackD83)
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PhoneVR ALVR
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8.0 9.7
7 days ago about 3 years ago
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PhoneVR

Posts with mentions or reviews of PhoneVR. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

ALVR

Posts with mentions or reviews of ALVR. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.
  • Possible stupid question but could also change what I bring to parties
    1 project | /r/SteamDeck | 6 Jan 2023
    Otherwise, there are some tricks out there that allow you to run games through SteamOS via ALVR: https://github.com/JackD83/ALVR . I haven't gone through with this approach but I've heard success stories. Getting this to plug n play out of the box isn't really going to happen. So depends on how badly you'd like this to work. Realistically, better to stick to the Quest 2 standalone.
  • STOP ASKING FOR LINKS!
    1 project | /r/QuestPiracy | 25 Mar 2021
    if you're here looking for a cracked version of Virtual Desktop, there isn't one. VD is uncrackable as far as I know. If you want a PCVR streamer for Quest, here is a free alternative.

What are some alternatives?

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

OpenVR-ArduinoHMD - OpenVR driver for Arduino DIY HMD / OpenVR самодельного Arduino шлема

openvr - OpenVR SDK

Half-Life-Alyx-novr - SteamVR driver for Half-Life-Alyx for playing without VR / драйвер для игры без VR

Simple-OpenVR-Driver-Tutorial - A sample OpenVR Driver for you to learn from

filament - Filament is a real-time physically based rendering engine for Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, macOS, and WebGL2

April-Tag-VR-FullBody-Tracker - Full-body tracking in VR using AprilTag markers.

android-file-transfer-linux - Android File Transfer for Linux (and macOS!)

ALVR - Stream VR games from your PC to your headset via Wi-Fi

HadesVR - The "DIY" SteamVR compatible VR setup made for tinkerers.

godot_oculus_quest_toolkit - An easy to use VR toolkit for Oculus Quest development using the Godot game engine

VivePro2-Linux-Driver - SteamVR driver for VivePro2 on Linux