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polygraphene/ALVR

ALVR is an open source remote VR display for Gear VR and Oculus Go. With it, you can play SteamVR games in your standalone headset. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/polygraphene/ALVR · C++ · MIT (permissive) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: archived

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3023
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1759
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1844 stars · 239 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

ALVR (Air Light VR) is an open-source remote VR display that streams SteamVR output from a gaming PC to standalone headsets like Gear VR, Oculus Go, and Oculus Quest over Wi-Fi. It uses hardware video encoding (NVENC/AMF VCE) and Asynchronous Timewarp to provide smooth head-tracking for playing PC VR games untethered.

Use cases

  • play SteamVR games on an Oculus Quest or Gear VR without wires
  • stream PC VR games to a standalone headset over Wi-Fi
  • turn a Gear VR or Oculus Go into a wireless PC VR headset
  • run desktop SteamVR titles on Android-based VR headsets
  • low-latency remote VR display with head-tracking over 802.11ac

When to choose

  • you have a Gear VR or Oculus Go and want to play PC VR games wirelessly
  • you have a high-end Windows PC with an NVIDIA NVENC-capable GPU (or AMD AMF VCE) and a strong 802.11ac/ethernet network
  • you specifically need the legacy unmaintained version for Gear VR support

When to avoid

  • you own an Oculus Quest or Quest 2 - use the actively developed fork at alvr-org/ALVR instead
  • you need maintained software with bug fixes and new device support, since this repository is no longer maintained
  • your PC has a weak GPU or your Wi-Fi cannot sustain low-latency high-bitrate video streaming

Facets

application · maturity abandoned

streaming video-processing game gaming-tools entertainment graphics windows vr-streaming remote-vr-display steamvr openvr oculus-go oculus-quest gear-vr pcvr wifi-streaming asynchronous-timewarp nvenc unmaintained-use-alvr-org-fork android

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
polygraphene/ALVRmain10

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="polygraphene/ALVR")

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