• Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 days ago

    Steam VR runs on Linux natively, doesn’t it? I switched to Linux a few weeks ago but haven’t tried VR gaming on it yet.

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      4 days ago

      It does, but performance seems a lot laggier than Windows.

      I’ve been using Linux full time for a while now, and only recently installed Windows on a secondary drive, just for those two things.

      Before, on Linux, it was a bit of mixed bag. Sometimes it would start up without issue, other times sound wouldn’t work, etc.

      Using corectl is a must, and make sure you have a stable steam install. (iirc the steam I installed didn’t come with half of the 32 bit libs it was expecting). I’m rocking a 7900xtx, so it’s not exactly low-end, and half-life alyx was giving me a lot of stutters.

      • JaddedFauceet@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        I have quite a different experience, can’t tell if it is placebo or not, but my vr experience is slightly smoother in Arch Linux compared to my Windows 10.

        i play VR via Proton using ALVR (steamvr) or Wivrn

        But i havent tried playing Alyx on linux yet