i tried running VR games on the Steam Deck…

[@Dewm_]

I've NEVER heard virtual desktop ever say ANYTHING. That freaked me the heck out just from watching it, I would have had a panic attack if I had that play while in VR trying to configure stuff. Creepy.

[@Shleepy27]

holdup, holdup neow partner I know you aint attempting to run virtual desktop with out an ethernet cable connected between your router and your pc. Now quit your rubbernacking and hook it up, do it, go on I'll wait.

[@zonlolll]

@@Shleepy27 what

[@Shleepy27]

@@zonlolll it was what the virtual computer said lol.

[@scrabble567]

@@Shleepy27 god that scared the shit out of me when ifirst heard that

[@AMERICANPICKLEISMYFAV]

@@Shleepy27that happened to me the first time I got it I was so confused 💀

[@killculator8124]

I like the unedited footage 😂, reminds me of when I was trying to learn how to do all the emulation stuff on my steam deck and going nuts

[@killculator8124]

@ChudDin it’s not the emu deck it’s everything else 😭

[@killculator8124]

@ChudDin yes it’s very easy now but not at first

[@Applenty_]

youtube literally read my mind, i was on the homepage watching VR vids wondering "hey i wonder if you could use a steamde- oh ok" great vid mate! that actually ended up working better for you than i expected haha

[@UnspecifiedVids495]

the government is stalking us

[@Ghost-angel1]

😂@pw axing hjbx agh thyat was a funny

[@probablyhades]

it’s a local ip guys, i didn’t give you my ip address 💀

[@404UnknownError]

If you leak your real IP i think you will be alright because isp (internet service provider) changes it after restart router or after some time :")

[@AndrieMC]

​@@404UnknownError or u can also just call them

[@kraldada6557]

@@404UnknownError unless you have a public ip

[@xMdb]

Public IPs don’t really matter either

[@VarVarJeg]

@@404UnknownErrorunless you have static ip

[@jayrony69]

pro tip, just make the boundary gigantic

[@Iwantthehandlesillydemon]

aka "pro tip, just slam your controllers into your most valuable possessions"

[@1ol366]

@@Iwantthehandlesillydemon skill issue honestly like dude just dont break ur fingers simple

[@random_kid-gj2bw]

​@@1ol366but you have no vision of reality so you dont know whats happening

[@1ol366]

@@random_kid-gj2bw nah

[@CreedmanTheBot]

​@@random_kid-gj2bwDo you not have any spacial awareness? I can usually tell where I'm at in the room without even looking

[@thomaskast7842]

I think I've seen it all by now. PCVR on a phone, on a smartwatch, on a rog ally, and now on a steamdeck

[@Bolzburger]

On a smartwatch???

[@thomaskast7842]

@@Bolzburger kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnvUaKF6rK91hZYsi=fHw1B6KAdGn9OxPi

[@18thepesi]

I actually play steam vr on my rog ally regularly

[@Dtr146]

"I hate windows" u need to compile alvr for the steam deck "i'm using windows" lul

[@alexbourg4165]

I did the same basic thing, you don't have to self compile anymore, but it's still tedious with lots of steps where inevitably some piece of software has changed some steps and you have no guide that tells you that. That kind of thing always seems to be just a big headache. I'd buy virtual desktop a second time do you have it compatible with Linux.

[@CodyStrange_10]

Somebody got BONEWORKS running decent on the steam deck, like 72 fps but it did hiccup on streets, tower, and runoff, but still playable.

[@thedfighters3355]

This was super interesting, really underrated content. Loved the video!

[@probablyhades]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@NormalCrystal]

Bot

[@sheltery]

As an experienced steam deck vr player, here's something I could tell: -Dont use Oculus, it just dont work -I recommend using ALVR, since it has controller emulation, resolution cutter, WIFI and cable etc. -VR works on steamos, actually, but its horrifying so I use windows

[@probablyhades]

yeah i’ll definitely try ALVR on windows if i revisit this video, seems like it would’ve worked better

[@Lou_Tube]

@@probablyhades or on steam deck

[@Lou_Tube]

(compiling for the steam deck obviously)

[@chetapace79]

Oculus used to work on unsupported GPUs, but some genius at Meta decided to disable linking if it didn’t like your GPU

[@SleepTime-Dark]

​@@Lou_Tube You don't need to compile yourself, just use alvr from aur, that's not a big deal

[@sebastianeq142]

Just a little tip about the boundary: If you have developer mode on (which you have since you're using Sidequest) you can go into the quest settings and press System, Developer tab, and there you have to click Enable custom settings and turn off Physical space features, it just disables the boundary and the passthrough but once you open up a passthrough game/app passthrough works perfectly.

[@probablyhades]

Oh interesting, I knew it disabled the passthrough but I didn’t know it still worked in passthrough apps.

[@ViceCityGinseng]

10:51 caught me off guard 😂

[@scarf744]

the rog ally has already played half life alyx at 60fps, with some minor issues

[@probablyhades]

Heard a lot of people telling me to use an ROG Ally, wish I was able to enable ad rev to actually buy one 😅

[@E..-_]

@@probablyhadesu just gained a sub so u have a higher chance of rev :)

[@noice3788]

Just subbed gud luk

[@aiexzs]

@@probablyhades you're 1 step closer

[@WohaoG]

I'll keep this open on loop in a separate tab to give you the watch time to enable ads (also I subbed) @@probablyhades

[@Totallynotmwa]

welcome to linux gaming where we have to run everything under proton and vr support is obescure

[@CadeXR]

18:43 right click the audio, click audio attributes youll see the audio attributes, set it to stereo, and then switch the embeded channels around or duplicate them until the audio sounds the same in both ears (since it was panning left, should be able to set both to embeded channel 1 and it'll do the trick) hope this helps in the future! great video!

[@probablyhades]

thanks for the help, and glad you enjoyed the video! this video was edited in davinci on ipad for a challenge that i went over in the video uploaded after that which is why i couldn’t really mess with the audio, those tools aren’t really available on the ipad version yet. ill keep it in mind if i use davinci in the future!

[@honk_entertainment]

beutiful coca cola mic 0:32

[@PixelPusherGames]

It works for vr if you install windows

[@DisloyalGaming]

He did at the end

[@AlphaXiro]

Get a gc33739 then it'll run better, oh wait your too broke forgot lmfao

[@scrabble567]

@@AlphaXiroshut the fuck up Money isn’t everything, how does this have anything to relate to this comment anyways

[@ihadanamebutitwasbadsonowi8186]

lmao did you watch the video?

[@choperx2492]

@@AlphaXiro what are you saying??

[@HRB-Gaming]

yo this is criminally underrated

[@LessThanPeachy]

If you go to your Steam settings, click on user interface, then scroll all the way down and enable context menu focus compatibility mode, it should stop Steam from freezing like it was. It happened to me every single time I opened or closed a game and that was the only way for me to fix it so hopefully this helps. :)

[@sonic2isbetterthan3]

"this is my desk" its beautiful

[@Hyper_pog]

Guys just remember that when valve makes a standalone headset there will not be any wifi and streaming delay, also running virtual desktop will indeed lag your game a bit so I think that there is a big chance that valve makes a good standalone vr headset!

[@aarepelaa1142]

Yeah tbh if quest had access to the steam store it would be so much better, if valve gets a strong standalone headset done itll definetly have steam included and possibly a pc like desktop enviroment reusing steamOS, or maybe they've somehow cooked a way to have a strong wireless connection to the headset with a good refresh rate.

[@idontfuckinknowdude]

lmfao when

[@floofyboi2520]

Oh you poor poor hopeful soul... If only they decided to update the chipset instead of using a fucking xr2 like the q2 has. The valve standalone is prolly gonna have similar performance to the q2 for 5* the price based only on that one detail

[@floofyboi2520]

Fresnel lenses, snapdragon xr2 gen 1, over 900 dollars. I feel sorry you had hope that it'd be a good standalone device lmao

[@gostyk.4439]

What happens if you use a c to c usb cable to connect the steam deck and oculus together

[@Hattyketchup]

if you will go to 9:20 and turn on subtitles you will get Wendy's💀

[@LoganSlay]

i saw💀💀💀💀

[@S1r_K0r0k]

he said wendy's

[@lambda1946]

i love how Virtual Desktop just decided to scold you

[@blitzar2258]

Genuinely really interesting to see, I was thinking about linking my Quest 2 to my steam deck at some point and trying this but at the end of the day, it was just too much of a hassle lol. I'm impressed by the Aussie internet speeds btw god damn, mine sucked when I used to live there

[@probablyhades]

Could be worth trying to use the Quest as a big screen for 2D games, and I've heard that the ROG Ally works for VR if you'd be willing to grab one of those, but otherwise yeah definitely not worth the effort. Our internet speeds have definitely gotten better, but they're still not great. Can't get symmetrical upload speeds on household plans yet, my upload is still about 10-15mbps

[@定义]

my upload is still less than 1 mbps@@probablyhades

[@felipedeoliveiraclaudio6039]

Bruuuhh, was I the only one to notice that his reflection on the steam deck doesn't have a camera at all?

[@probablyhades]

proudly shot on iphone 💪💪

[@Narcoslive]

how do you not have more subscribers lmao this was such a w video

[@alexbourg4165]

Games that I play in VR on my steam Deck that run well: budget cuts, cook-out, demeo, pistol whip, space pirate trainer, and super hot VR. These are just the ones that I've discovered in the last few days. I'm quite certain there are many others that will run on the steam deck just fine, you just have to look for the older games that have simpler graphics.

[@AntiChip]

That's actually really impressive. You deserve so many more subscribers than you have. I like your videos so please don't be discouraged and stop uploading. Thanks for the quality videos.

[@probablyhades]

thank you so much!! i’ll keep it up, i’m not stopping yet we’ve got a long way to go 🙏🙏

[@Wedge_The_Almighty]

11:27 “I’m a potato!”🙃 Hades: “What…” I’ve never seen one simple word ever convey so much confusion as this guy has just done.

[@AllTheBestVideos]

Wait you only have 700 subs? I was legit expecting about 100k…

[@notvladyt]

i feel like this is the most average linux users' day of using a computer

[@4Panccaa4]

Was that real on 11:54 if it was. Virtual Desktop is crazy

[@probablyhades]

yep, as real as it was terrifying

[@4Panccaa4]

Damn that must of been suprising. lol@@probablyhades

[@flubbz2526]

DankPods at home:

[@Cart1416]

why did you install edge on linux?

[@basicllyagamer]

for some reason i tried alvr on windows 11 on my steam deck and played bonelab at low setting quite well

[@vrilm6746]

Tested app, Lossless Scaling? Frame generation + upscaling, for more FPS.

[@sercanprojunior7201]

Bro leaked his ip 7:56

[@chedrwastaken]

"god forbit i try to upload anything", mate that's the realest thing I've ever heard, in my area I can get like 750mbps down but 50 up

[@awesomeferret]

50 mbps up is way way faster than almost everyone's upload speed (probably not many people watching this video considering the topic, of course, but most people who use computers don't anything that needs anywhere close to 50 up. Heck, even 25 up isn't a bottleneck for anything aside from file transfers. Enjoy your privelege. 😊

[@probablyhades]

the videos i made that were shot on iPhone in 4K60 genuinely took hours to upload it was painful 😔

[@awesomeferret]

@@probablyhades thanks for the dedication.

[@yeayea-tz2kq]

blud is using the coke can as a mic loooooooooool

[@florianopolis6299]

If you just want to play 2D games in the quest, sideload the normal non-VR steam link app. And I know that people got ALVR running in Steam OS 2 years ago, not sure about now, but can't be impossible. Since drivers were required.

[@randomgamingin144p]

was actually thinking of trying that myself on the steam deck, just with google cardboard instead of a decent vr headset when i say google cardboard i mean vridge also i typed this comment and watched this video on the steam deck edit: with how cheap used quest 2's are getting, that isn't viable in the slightest but it would still be funny

[@DreamyBranch849]

same here

[@yeezez]

Wait for the quest 3 lite

[@iemandiemand-i1b]

19:06 bro had his microphone on the cola cap

[@user-uo8ny1kj4c]

imagine if it did work, it'd be the ultimate steam setup. steam index and steam deck

[@forever-and-a-day2043]

I love the cowboy ethernet voice lol

[@beProsto]

I ran into the exact same problems as you when trying to use ALVR on my arch lmao. Also your decision to just switch to windows is fully justified, it took ages to compile on my desktop ryzen cpu, i don't even want to imagine how long it'd take on the steamdeck.

[@bot-just-bot]

Win 10 home with atlas os installed = preformance back.

[@vrilm6746]

Why Windows10 Home? What's AtlasOS?

[@BionicFreakOfficial]

I didn't want to get Windows on my Steam Deck, so I just got it to work on Steam OS. Using ALVR, you can get it working way easier, but it doesn't work great. Probably the same performance you were having. The worst part is getting the damn headset to connect to the Deck, but once it finds the connection, it really isn't too bad.

[@probablyhades]

Did you run into the firewall error I had? How did you fix it if you did?

[@BionicFreakOfficial]

@@probablyhades If I remember correctly, I think I had to type my password into the "konsole" and run it in admin mode, which is more complicated on Linux's stupid OS. And to make matters worse, it wasn't even a 100% fix. I have to turn ALVR on and off multiple times to get it to finally connect. However, once it DOES actually connect, it runs okay-ish.

[@sharttoot3113]

​@@BionicFreakOfficial mind if I ask, but how did you manage to run in admin mode? like what did you type into the console for it to prompt that? I'm kinda stuck but I'm intrested to get it running myself so any help would be appreciated!

[@Rocky_the_Protogen]

"it doesn't perform that well" Directly after showing some actually decent framerate that my 3060 & I5 only hits half of.. Seriously, that is actually pretty good

[@seppeseppe-jq7nr]

even normal games didnt go well 😂😂😂😂

[@probablyhades]

nah steam deck fire for 2d games runs fortnite pretty good aye 🔥

[@Bolzburger]

Lil bro admit you just can’t afford a £350 devicw

[@probablyhades]

@@Bolzburger ?

[@Bolzburger]

@@probablyhades not you my guy the one that's hating on deck

[@bobkopf_deez]

you can get rid of the boundary by getting a meta dev acc and turning boundary off

[@freshsheets_]

"I despise Windows" thumbs up

[@thisisbup]

the “portable non-standalone VR setup. 🔥🔥🔥

[@enderdude7]

Windows bricked my steam deck, now I have to spend 200 bucks to get it repaired because it's out of warranty. I hate windows.

[@sas408]

yeah surely wasnt your fault at all

[@enderdude7]

@@sas408 I'm not saying it wasn't my fault, but I've installed like 10 other Linux distros with no issues, so excuse me for thinking windows would be the same process.

[@enderdude7]

@Mr.Jake112 I wanted to test the performance of VR on the thing myself.

[@enderdude7]

@Mr.Jake112 But I wanted to try it out because it sounded like a fun thing to test

[@sas408]

@@enderdude7 uhm because decks bootloader only supports Linux and you need to patch/install other one? Ofc if you install NT Bootloader it will break your deck

[@voidlesity]

you should try doing that in steam os using alvr, its not as straight forward as with Virtual Desktop but it should perform way better

[@TecoTurtle]

99% of this video is yapping im leaving Edit:just an opinion pls don't freak out

[@Crazy_Bill281]

Sounds like a bad attention span to me

[@TecoTurtle]

@@Crazy_Bill281 yea my attention span is like 2 seconds

[@ScottPIayz]

Whos going to tell him about documentaries

[@tristinbargowski4551]

Holy crap it is, thanks for telling me earlier

[@markk.6260]

Saved me 20 min

[@MasterAmbush]

i had it working in linux, but some stuff updated and now i get no vision on the headset 💀

[@probablyhades]

this is the Linux Experience

[@SwangoZone]

I use the steam deck for VR games via Shadow PC it's perfect. Got mouse and keyboard and monitor as well for the PC setup. Best investment ever

[@vrilm6746]

Stream ShadowPC to Steam Deck to VR? Why not direct to VR without Steam Deck for reduced latency/lag?

[@SwangoZone]

@vrilm6746 no pc :/

[@vrilm6746]

@SwangoZone Sorry, mate. Confused, from miscommunication/misunderstanding. Your Steam Deck is a PC. Thought, ShadowPC is like cloud gaming, but full PC streamed through cloud without need for own PC? Or, is ShadowPC akin to ALVR/Steam Link/Air Link/Virtual Desktop?

[@Toyss]

Rendering scale is a big factor in performance for beat saber, so turning that down to 0.7 would make things super smooth (or not perhaps in the case of steam deck)

[@TheDuckter]

Incredible! Can't wait for you to hit 1k subs 🥳🎉🎉🎉

[@JackieJKENVtuber]

And this is why you always compile from source instead of going to windows

[@Th3RealDealGaming]

The only games I couldn’t get working on the steam deck were Skyrim VR and fallout 4 VR. The rest of my collection worked pretty well on medium to low settings

[@SeanJZoning]

You can't get Skyrim to start at all through virtual desktop?

[@Th3RealDealGaming]

@@SeanJZoning nope both vr games, always open as a black screen for a second then it closes.

[@SeanJZoning]

@@Th3RealDealGaming That's unfortunate smh. Thanks for answering. I've seen that it's possible to run but I just dk through what combination of alvr/steamos/windows,VirtualDesktop...

[@crowsman]

i like how i actually did this same thing over my thanksgiving break from college and i see this video not even a day later

[@Nicalay2]

The issue with this video is that you used a Quest 3 as the VR headset. If you use a native PCVR headset (like a first gen HTC Vive or first gen WMR headset), it will run MUCH better.

[@probablyhades]

I definitely would’ve if I had one. It’s definitely on the list of ideas for if I try this again.

[@bob23301]

You beat me to it, was going to say i got the Dell WMR vr visor to work with steam vr on the steam deck, all via the steam dock.

[@Gorilacapybara142]

I got steam vr running and got myself playing gorilla tag on my steam deck using alvr

[@vrilm6746]

Tested app, Lossless Scaling? Frame generation + upscaling, for more FPS.

[@dashingriggs]

Real cool thing that you've done. Suprised no one else has done this before tbh. For the audio panning issue on 18:35, you have to set your audio track to mono instead of stereo (if your editing software supports that)_

[@probablyhades]

I’d usually be able to do that, I think the iPad DaVinci had some audio workflow limitations.

[@amar-d7r]

7:57 anyone notice he ip?

[@coffeepot-m8j]

its local

[@PonyJohnny]

as a fellow neckbeard (-ish) VR comrade with the same specific set of niche interests and beliefs, I greatly appreciate for making this video now I don't have to break my own stuff 🙏

[@Screaminggod09]

I love how this guy is so calm

[@MunkeePat]

Damn, this is good for the memes of the steam deck lul. Imagine if they actually make a steam deck for VR! That'd be crazy lul

[@gunbuster333SMSTI]

I don’t even use the deck for VR, but I’ve been using it as my main PC for a while and I find it very hilarious that the fans just kicked overdrive at random or during an update😂

[@GAMIR_SFM]

3:41 I was not surprised it stopped the recording cuz iOS stops apps from running in the background

[@probablyhades]

I just figured it would be similar to Voice Memos, which keeps recording. Should've just used that instead of Garageband looking back on it now 😅

[@JesseFicarra]

Regarding not being able to choose where to install steamvr, you can symlink it from a different drive and it works fine

[@DeccerGaming]

On the note of SteamDeck and VR. One of my customers at work who used to come in regukarly and I were talking about the SteamDeck I bought (some tike around my birthday a few months ago) a few weeks later he buys an ROG Ally, for a but of context he's more of a VR guy, always talking about newly released VR titles and any game I mention he asks if it has VR support. All valid of course everyone's got a preference for gaming. Anyway, a week after he bought his Ally, he sold it, because he couldn't get VR games running on it...Baring in mind he also had a quest 2. Although I do honestly think a valve licensed VR device that uses steamOS would be hella dope XD here's hoping for the Deckard(if that's the final name) to have a bright future.

[@robefrasmovie5128]

Pro tip: you can turn on performance mode in battery settings if your using windows, this boosts performance, but consumes battery

[@Rduino]

by the way, when casting from the headset, it massively hurts streaming performance

[@probablyhades]

i did try a bit off camera as well, didn’t run any better 💀

[@Blazzes1001]

I really want someone to try using the Deck to stream VR games from other computers, possibly turning wired headsets into wireless headsets

[@duckling8]

7:39 good taste in music

[@Hidden850]

I love that how my man is perfectly OK with showing his headset IP

[@sas408]

Oh no 😭😭😭 HE LEAKED HIS INTERNAL IP BEHIND A ROUTER FIREWALL

[@SunsetTheOrangeSkitty]

You have *THE* longest username I have ever seen (Btw, love ur pfp. Luca riot is a fav Pokémon of mine)

[@thekhfan1260]

Was half expecting the deck to outright explode. 💀

[@User-d6l6t]

Holstering my steam deck around my back so I can get almost wireless pc vr but actually good with WiFi 5

[@rickeyforthewin]

painfully underrated youtuber:

[@Exorion1er]

You can disable the boundary altogether in the dev options on the quest, but passthrough doesn't work once you do that

[@slbr7984]

somehow it connects better if you use the hotspot off the steamdeck windows for quest

[@wheresthe0x218]

W unedited video 👍crazy I was just looking at a pc handheld to buy & play on quest too, any suggestions besides steam deck ?

[@probablyhades]

i probably wouldn’t recommend any PC handheld specifically for PCVR, but the comments here are suggesting that the ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go are decent at PCVR.

[@shrippie-4214]

I was hoping you would make a headset for the steamdeck and somehow connect the controllers

[@Wintervr1537]

I played among us VR on my steam deck with windows and virtual desktop and it worked I had no Ethernet so it was laggy

[@vrilm6746]

Tested app, Lossless Scaling? Frame generation + upscaling, for more FPS.

[@upbeatfuzzball]

I started up tiny town using virtual desktop one time and since the loading screen to the main menu is a void with only your hands when I heard the thing about Ethernet I nearly shit myself.

[@LhymeFruit]

ALVR actually offers a linux version and ive seen some people get ALVR to work. before i had my pc i used to use my steam deck for vr.

[@milmilmilmilmilmilmilmil]

I have a tip, instead of running the native version of steamvr, switch the beta of steamvr to temp 1.27.5

[@Kaylakaze]

I just made my boundary the size of my entire apartment.

[@TylerMcVicker1]

Shoutouts to the prism

[@KyleGK01]

Prism XR has a really cool wireless router thing that helps airlink and virtual desktop and makes it a lot better!

[@chrisfratz]

And you wouldn't have to go through all of this if Steam Link just allowed VR streaming from a deck. Honestly I feel like they should have allowed users to try it with a warning in front of it saying that it probably won't run the best.

[@probablyhades]

Even if it only allowed it in desktop mode it would’ve been way easier 😅

[@chrisfratz]

@@probablyhades agreed.

[@tobzdevandfilm]

14:48 what is that app that just opened

[@Kron673]

Off topic from the video, but nice Flower Boy CD. i have that album on CD and Vinyl lmao. Anyways, good video at last! xD

[@Stealthanator]

Btw you also get better performance if you set steamvr to a pre 2.0 version in the betas tab in properties and I can get 90+ fps in beatsaber on a vive

[@probablyhades]

oohhh, good to know, i'll keep it in mind next time i try this

[@UP-jz1dr]

try it with virtual desktop

[@salbyoo]

cant wait for valve to release a standalone headset in like 333333333333 years (great vid btw)

[@DominicAlden]

9:27 he accidentally installed malware 😂😂😂