Steam Link VR is now available on Pico headsets and HTC’s Vive Focus Vision, making it easier to wirelessly stream SteamVR games from a PC.<\/p>\n
The VR version of Steam Link first launched on Meta Quest headsets just under two years ago<\/a>. As an Android OpenXR app, it actually already ran on Pico headsets if you extracted the APK from a Quest, with some quirks<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now, Steam Link VR is officially available on the Pico Store<\/a> and Viveport<\/a>. The Pico Store version supports Pico 4 Ultra<\/a>, Pico 4, and Pico Neo 3 Link, while the Viveport version currently supports Vive Focus Vision<\/a> and will support Vive XR Elite later this year too.<\/p>\n It was already possible to use PC VR on Pico headsets and Vive Focus Vision. The built-in Pico Connect and Vive Streaming features are free, Guy Godin’s Virtual Desktop is available for $25 on both headsets, and Vive Focus Vision<\/a> even supports lossless PC VR via a DisplayPort cable. But Steam Link doesn’t require any extra software on your PC, and launches directly into SteamVR.<\/p>\n Steam Link also has a flatscreen mode<\/a>, which lets you play your traditional Steam games in a floating window within your standalone headset’s home system, forwarding input from a Bluetooth gamepad if you have one connected.<\/p>\n However, while Pico Connect and Virtual Desktop can forward the headset’s hand tracking and body tracking<\/a> to SteamVR, Steam Link currently doesn’t do this on Pico.<\/p>\n Valve says it has also made an OpenXR APK available for other headset makers to use to validate Steam Link works, and Play for Dream<\/a> is currently beta testing it with users. As with Quest Pro, on Play for Dream the app supports foveated encoding, leveraging eye tracking to prioritize compression quality where you’re currently looking.<\/p>\n The work to make Steam Link available on more Android OpenXR headsets may also indicate that Valve is gearing up to release on Samsung’s upcoming headset<\/a>, set to introduce Google’s Android XR next month.<\/p>\n