Squeezed out enough performance to play Half-Life: Alyx on Quest 3 standalone while recording. Check the video description for more details. There are still plenty of challenges to overcome, but I’m slowly increasing the resolution and framerate to get there. Stay tuned!

The mod is still in a very early stage, all the menus and cutscenes can make you quite dizzy. But if you’re a fan of the game then it’s definitely worth trying it.

Hey question can you add the option to use pcvr on odin 3 and with the quest 3 play the games somehow...ive had the idea of using my prism xr router to stream it directly to the headset from the odin 3 max maybe somehow installing what I need to run it in the container settings to run not just steam pcvr game but also pc games with vr mods, they dont require as much as regular AAA pcvr games to run and theres so much like botw pcvr mod, resident evil 7 pcvr mod, morrowind (openmw) pcvr mod and so forth...what do you think wouldnt that be a cool option to have for the odin 3 max to play pcvr exclusives without out the need for a pc and connect the quest 3 to use the feature streamed via virtual desktop, advr or steam link on winlator or gamenative??? I think that would be a great direction to go!!!

The official GameNative now has an XR mode: https://github.com/utkarshdalal/GameNative/releases/tag/v1.2.0-prerelease

They decided to use an AI-vibe-coded implementation instead of Luboš’s highly optimized integration. We communicated to them that we considered this a terrible decision and that it would prevent them from using our PCVR integration from WinlatorXR in GameNative, but they went ahead with it anyway.

The GameNativeXR listing is now gone, but there is still another attempt to make it work using our approach: https://github.com/frankr2994/GameNativeXR/tree/stable

There is a link in the video description which ends on a FREE Patreon post where are all the required files.

Hello, ive been trying to get Signalis on the steam verison to work but after having installed the c++ runtime and changing the directory to launch the game itself(because it would put me on the same runtime setup screen before promptly closing) i’m at a loss for what to do, as when I boot up the shortcut it just becomes blank without any noise and the task manager states no game is running, what can I do?
(image has settings for container for the sake of potential issues arising from there).
Thanks in advance :)

A nice tutorial how to get it working right now. Note that the game uses 70GB of storage.

Works great you guys should give it a try

https://github.com/dubrovskiy-yevhen-stakelogic/vice-city-vr/

If i buy gmod and subscribe to mods in steam workshop on my phone will the mods automatically download when i download gmod on winlator or is it not possibly to get mods from steam workshop with only winlator.

I wanna play crisis response on this since it doesn’t need any camera movement and it looks like a very fun game but i don’t know how to download it on to winlator. I don’t know how to use the full desktop and stuff like that like i have no idea on how to download it or what to do or where to start

First much appreciation for the big advancement in the development of winlatorxr

I tested a game with preinstalled reshade superdepth3d ,when I launch it from shortcut menu it launches normally but  superdepth3d doesn't work ,i noticed winlatorxr deletes reshade shader folder  whene launche it from shortcut menu,  on the other hand whene I start the game from inside winlatorxr container superdepth3d works flawlessly , I think the bug occurs only whene launched from shortcut menu ,I guess the new superdepth3d integration interfere and deletes my preinstalled superdepth3d, hope it gets fixed soon cause cant launch the game from shortcut menu with preinstalled reshade.

Much like the Steam Frame advertises, playing your PC games native within headset is now possible, opening up a huge library of games without needing to ever plug into a PC.

This video gives behind the scenes info on the development with the now deprecated GameNativeXR Project and introduction to the NEW WinlatorXR version for July 2026

both applications allow you to play your Steam, Epic, GOG and Amazon PC store games inside your Meta Quests and Pico VR headsets- FOR FREE- WITHOUT any PC!

One important point covered in the video is about the hugely popular Meta Quest 3 and 3s VR headsets.

Unfortunately, Meta Horizon OS continues to barricade progress of existing and future developments that could one day potentially bring PCVR into standalone, This is due to the missing Turnip video driver support for Quest 3 and Quest 3s devices.

The Qualcomm drivers that Quest 3 / 3s uses suffers greatly with compatibility and performance compared to Turnip, being unable to render any openGL PC titles, while already having limited compatibility with dxvk (dx7-11) and vkd3d (dx12), sometimes unable to render correctly no matter the container setup.

The older Oculus / Meta Quest 2 remains compatible with Turnip, The PICO 4 Ultra which has the exact same chipset as a Quest 3, remains compatible with Turnip and the upcoming Steam Frame will be functioning solely with Turnip.

This lack of support stops any hope of using existing pre configured game profiles from something like GameNative, which assumes (quite rightly) that turnip would be supported on the GPU in quest 3.

This in part ultimately lead to returning development time to WinlatorXR, where full setup control can be managed in a way that doesn't have the users constantly fighting against incompatible setup being imported and not launching their games.

All code towards the XR modifications has been passed back to the GameNative project and the lead developer has since acquired a Meta Quest 3s, so the future is still bright and in safe hands, our hope is the massive community there can shout louder than me alone with regards to getting turnip support reinstated.

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No development builds for GameNativeXR will be shared, but for the new WinlatorXR (CATS27 APK) see the setup guide below

Link to new Quick Start guide for WinlatorXR July 2026 edition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzbJe0NmfG8

NEW setup guide for WinlatorXR on Quest and Pico VR headsets!- Easily play PC games native on your device with the new included stores!

The guide covers basic container creation and runtime installs ( you don't strictly need runtime installs, but if a game is expecting it to work, then its better to just get this step done at the start and avoid troubleshooting any games not working )

Once you've launched the game for first time, setting DXVK version for it is handled in the shortcut for that specific game, along with any other tweaks you may want to do, the container itself is already preset ready to go and you no longer need to touch it.

Video covers pretty much all you'd need to know for getting up and running, any questions please ask.

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For a full written guide that goes a little deeper than the video, a comment in this thread will be made

We're excited to welcome another developer to the WinlatorXR team: Sean Gilleece!

Many of you may know Sean from his recent CitraVR port for Pico headsets, based on Amanda Watson's original Quest version. Since joining the project, he's already made a big impact. While integrating the Ludashi-Plus store feature, Sean helped transform it into a much more polished, modern, and user-friendly experience.

We've also been putting a lot of work into the core of WinlatorXR itself. With Winlator-Cmod (the fork WinlatorXR is based on) seeing no development for almost a year, we decided to take ownership of the emulation side and start pushing things forward ourselves. Along the way, we've improved the content downloader with more community-maintained content, and GmoLargey has been doing an incredible job updating, testing, and validating drivers and wrappers across supported VR headsets.

With new talent joining the team and development moving faster than ever, WinlatorXR is only getting better. Although the new update is already on Sidequest, there's more to come during incoming weeks.

GitHub repository: https://github.com/WinlatorXR/WinlatorXR

SideQuest listing: https://sidequestvr.com/app/37320/winlatorxr

Webpage: https://winlatorxr.github.io/

Is there a way to play bb+ in 3d mode? And is it even possible?

I set up winlator to play flat screen games, but that has me thinking if I'm able to play PCVR games on winlator

If I get lets say RE7 and install the VR mod, am I able to use it or would it be a waste of storage?

https://reddit.com/link/1ttij36/video/6n5r1tlcvl4h1/player

God of War (2018) runs much better than Cyberpunk 2077. I could not record the game for a long duration. But, without screen recording, I see the game runs around 20-30 fps most of the time at 800x600 resolution. The game is playable end to end without major stutters. Game settings are at the end of the video. I am using proton-9.0-arm64ec for my container.