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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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!
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
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!
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.
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
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. :)
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
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
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
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.
the steam deck does surprisingly well with vr as long as they're low detail (ie Into the radius). The Ryzen 7840u does do Alyx, so Deck2 will absolutely do VR.
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.
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.
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)_
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 🙏
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)
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.
At 13:01 the steam deck most likely shutdown due to either over clocking the components to handle the game and that takes more power so it most likely died but it could’ve overheated
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
man I want the steam deck so bad. Imma buy it as soon as I save up the money from my new job. btw I subbed awesome video. sad you got more likes then subs
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😂
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
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.
I see that you use Davinci Resolve for iPad, idk if it's the same than PC but for that case of audio problem at 18:52 right click on the audio, go to attributes, audio, it should show as mono and only one channel, switch it to stereo and put the same channel that is on "left" and set it to "right" too Hopes it'll help
i mainly did davinci for the video i uploaded after this, but a lot of the audio workflow tools available on davinci for desktop just aren’t available on iPad yet which is unfortunate
AVLR has been the least stable PCVR way I’ve used. It loves disconnecting when I don’t set WiFi priority to the headset. No idea why it’s that way when steam link and VD are so good. If VD Linux came out a lot of people would be happy
Problem with all of this is using Quest3 with no displayport etc it puts a lot of extra strain on already low powered APU to run the game and compress video and send it.
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.
I managed to play through most of half life alyx comfortably on steam deck. It ran at a very playable framerate at low settings but with high texture quality which still looked stunning. This was my setup: Windows (because alvr is worse on linux and vr games ran worse??? alvr: av1 encoding, 260mbps, foveated rendering, speed encoding preset, 60hz for beat saber i could run with these settings alvr: av1 encoding, 260mbps, no foveated rendering, balanced preset, 72hz, preproc AMF
first I only subscribed because I saw that we both have the same old crappy Asus monitor, but after the video I would have subscribed anyway because this is top shelf content ^^
you're amazing! A tip is to work on a cleaner setup, better mic, and some better lighting. When financially able ofc. Only saying this cause you could, and deserve, WAY more recognition.
Yeah, 100% agree with you. I'll be investing basically anything I get from TH-cam straight back into the channel, and I absolutely plan to make some improvements to the video quality. Glad you enjoyed the content!
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. 😊
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.
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.
@@Shleepy27 what
@@zonlolll it was what the virtual computer said lol.
@@Shleepy27 god that scared the shit out of me when ifirst heard that
@@Shleepy27that happened to me the first time I got it I was so confused 💀
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
the government is stalking us
😂@pw axing hjbx agh thyat was a funny
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
@ChudDin it’s not the emu deck it’s everything else 😭
@ChudDin yes it’s very easy now but not at first
pro tip, just make the boundary gigantic
aka "pro tip, just slam your controllers into your most valuable possessions"
@@Iwantthehandlesillydemon skill issue honestly like dude just dont break ur fingers simple
@@1ol366but you have no vision of reality so you dont know whats happening
@@random_kid-gj2bw nah
@@random_kid-gj2bwDo you not have any spacial awareness? I can usually tell where I'm at in the room without even looking
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.
Oh interesting, I knew it disabled the passthrough but I didn’t know it still worked in passthrough apps.
it’s a local ip guys, i didn’t give you my ip address 💀
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 :")
@@404UnknownError or u can also just call them
@@404UnknownError unless you have a public ip
Public IPs don’t really matter either
@@404UnknownErrorunless you have static ip
This was super interesting, really underrated content. Loved the video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Bot
"I hate windows"
u need to compile alvr for the steam deck
"i'm using windows"
lul
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.
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
On a smartwatch???
@@Bolzburger th-cam.com/video/HJq7nDwJBO4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fHw1B6KAdGn9OxPi
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!
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!
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
yeah i’ll definitely try ALVR on windows if i revisit this video, seems like it would’ve worked better
@@probablyhades or on steam deck
(compiling for the steam deck obviously)
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!
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.
lmfao when
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
Fresnel lenses, snapdragon xr2 gen 1, over 900 dollars. I feel sorry you had hope that it'd be a good standalone device lmao
the rog ally has already played half life alyx at 60fps, with some minor issues
Heard a lot of people telling me to use an ROG Ally, wish I was able to enable ad rev to actually buy one 😅
@@probablyhadesu just gained a sub so u have a higher chance of rev :)
Just subbed gud luk
@@probablyhades you're 1 step closer
I'll keep this open on loop in a separate tab to give you the watch time to enable ads
(also I subbed) @@probablyhades
Somebody got BONEWORKS running decent on the steam deck, like 72 fps but it did hiccup on streets, tower, and runoff, but still playable.
It works for vr if you install windows
He did at the end
Get a gc33739 then it'll run better, oh wait your too broke forgot lmfao
@@AlphaXiroshut the fuck up
Money isn’t everything, how does this have anything to relate to this comment anyways
lmao did you watch the video?
@@AlphaXiro what are you saying??
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. :)
yo this is criminally underrated
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
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
my upload is still less than 1 mbps@@probablyhades
10:51 caught me off guard 😂
beutiful coca cola mic 0:32
how do you not have more subscribers lmao this was such a w video
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
"this is my desk"
its beautiful
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.
the steam deck does surprisingly well with vr as long as they're low detail (ie Into the radius). The Ryzen 7840u does do Alyx, so Deck2 will absolutely do VR.
i assumed you were like a really big creator because i was finding this to be a good and funny video- you're doing good!
glad you're liking the content!
Bruuuhh, was I the only one to notice that his reflection on the steam deck doesn't have a camera at all?
proudly shot on iphone 💪💪
What happens if you use a c to c usb cable to connect the steam deck and oculus together
Did anyone else notice he cut his nails on his left hand but forgot his right hand. It's really bothering me 😂
oh my god you're right how did i not even realise this
3:41 I was not surprised it stopped the recording cuz iOS stops apps from running in the background
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 😅
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.
Bro leaked his ip 7:56
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.
thank you so much!! i’ll keep it up, i’m not stopping yet we’ve got a long way to go 🙏🙏
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
Wait you only have 700 subs? I was legit expecting about 100k…
DankPods at home:
if you will go to 9:20 and turn on subtitles you will get Wendy's💀
i saw💀💀💀💀
he said wendy's
you can get rid of the boundary by getting a meta dev acc and turning boundary off
the “portable non-standalone VR setup. 🔥🔥🔥
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)_
I’d usually be able to do that, I think the iPad DaVinci had some audio workflow limitations.
Holstering my steam deck around my back so I can get almost wireless pc vr but actually good with WiFi 5
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 🙏
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)
i had it working in linux, but some stuff updated and now i get no vision on the headset 💀
this is the Linux Experience
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.
I definitely would’ve if I had one. It’s definitely on the list of ideas for if I try this again.
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.
I love how this guy is so calm
At 13:01 the steam deck most likely shutdown due to either over clocking the components to handle the game and that takes more power so it most likely died but it could’ve overheated
7:57 anyone notice he ip?
its local
I was hoping you would make a headset for the steamdeck
and somehow connect the controllers
You have *THE* longest username I have ever seen (Btw, love ur pfp. Luca riot is a fav Pokémon of mine)
why did you install edge on linux?
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
same here
Wait for the quest 3 lite
by the way, when casting from the headset, it massively hurts streaming performance
i did try a bit off camera as well, didn’t run any better 💀
somehow it connects better if you use the hotspot off the steamdeck windows for quest
welcome to linux gaming where we have to run everything under proton and vr support is obescure
man I want the steam deck so bad. Imma buy it as soon as I save up the money from my new job. btw I subbed awesome video. sad you got more likes then subs
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.
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😂
I really want someone to try using the Deck to stream VR games from other computers, possibly turning wired headsets into wireless headsets
You can disable the boundary altogether in the dev options on the quest, but passthrough doesn't work once you do that
Holy moly these videos are entertaining (:
Glad you like them!
im sorry but why are you doing the smile face like this: (: instead of :)
i know its not a big deal but its just diffrent to me
blud is using the coke can as a mic loooooooooool
Regarding not being able to choose where to install steamvr, you can symlink it from a different drive and it works fine
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
Pro tip: you can turn on performance mode in battery settings if your using windows, this boosts performance, but consumes battery
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
oohhh, good to know, i'll keep it in mind next time i try this
14:49
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.
Someone has done this
painfully underrated youtuber:
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.
Incredible!
Can't wait for you to hit 1k subs 🥳🎉🎉🎉
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
Watching and typing this on my steam deck lol. Good video
Was half expecting the deck to outright explode. 💀
I see that you use Davinci Resolve for iPad, idk if it's the same than PC but for that case of audio problem at 18:52 right click on the audio, go to attributes, audio, it should show as mono and only one channel, switch it to stereo and put the same channel that is on "left" and set it to "right" too
Hopes it'll help
i mainly did davinci for the video i uploaded after this, but a lot of the audio workflow tools available on davinci for desktop just aren’t available on iPad yet which is unfortunate
Gameplay starts in 15:23
AVLR has been the least stable PCVR way I’ve used. It loves disconnecting when I don’t set WiFi priority to the headset. No idea why it’s that way when steam link and VD are so good. If VD Linux came out a lot of people would be happy
Problem with all of this is using Quest3 with no displayport etc it puts a lot of extra strain on already low powered APU to run the game and compress video and send it.
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.
15:53 It can't be worse than the psvr I have
I managed to play through most of half life alyx comfortably on steam deck. It ran at a very playable framerate at low settings but with high texture quality which still looked stunning.
This was my setup:
Windows (because alvr is worse on linux and vr games ran worse???
alvr: av1 encoding, 260mbps, foveated rendering, speed encoding preset, 60hz
for beat saber i could run with these settings
alvr: av1 encoding, 260mbps, no foveated rendering, balanced preset, 72hz, preproc AMF
that’s impressive! i’ll definitely give ALVR a shot on windows if i revisit this
i love your vids, keep making them
will do 🙏
Prism XR has a really cool wireless router thing that helps airlink and virtual desktop and makes it a lot better!
I love that how my man is perfectly OK with showing his headset IP
Oh no 😭😭😭 HE LEAKED HIS INTERNAL IP BEHIND A ROUTER FIREWALL
first I only subscribed because I saw that we both have the same old crappy Asus monitor, but after the video I would have subscribed anyway because this is top shelf content ^^
we’re struggling together 🙏🙏😔
you're amazing! A tip is to work on a cleaner setup, better mic, and some better lighting. When financially able ofc. Only saying this cause you could, and deserve, WAY more recognition.
Yeah, 100% agree with you. I'll be investing basically anything I get from TH-cam straight back into the channel, and I absolutely plan to make some improvements to the video quality. Glad you enjoyed the content!
"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
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. 😊
the videos i made that were shot on iPhone in 4K60 genuinely took hours to upload it was painful 😔
@@probablyhades thanks for the dedication.
What boot loader are you using to dual boot, would love to install it on my deck
im using this script that is run after installing windows on a second partition: github.com/jlobue10/SteamDeck_rEFInd
thanks, I already have windows so ill have to try this@@probablyhades
7:39 good taste in music
this is so cool! good vid, and as a quest user, just use pc link😭
I didn’t realize how many of your vids Ive come across till you mentioned the leap frog😂 damn that was a min ago
bro was recording on garageband
i'm surprised this guy makes better videos than my sister and he has less subscribers. btw how fast that looked was surprising.
imagine if it did work, it'd be the ultimate steam setup. steam index and steam deck
I have a tip, instead of running the native version of steamvr, switch the beta of steamvr to temp 1.27.5
And this is why you always compile from source instead of going to windows
Trying to do pcvr on a steam deck and a quest three with coke zero? You earned a sub.
perfect for turning pcvr into standalone
Was worth a try. I’ve thought about this too
I’ve heard people say it works better with other software and different settings, might still be worth a shot!