New VR Settings in Steamworks - Please set up your demos

No VR Support.



VR Support through the Oculus SDK (or another vendor-specific SDK). App is not compatible with OpenVR and will not be launchable from SteamVR.



VR Support through OpenVR.

This is a 3D VR application

This is a 2D application that appears in the VR Dashboard.



The application’s title will appear in the dashboard



The application will be able to be set as the home app



IVRApplications::LaunchApplication will work on the application.



Starting the application from Steam will launch SteamVR automatically



The Steam Client will show “Play in VR” in some places instead of Play.

This has been superseded by new Steamworks instructions here The latest Steam Client beta brings with it some changes to the way VR applications are represented and exposed to OpenVR. You will need to set up your Vive demo apps to have Steam deal with it correctly. We would appreciate your help in testing out the changes and would love to hear any feedback you have.The first step is to visit the Steamworks Installation->Configuration page for your app. You can find this on the Steamworks site. Down at the bottom you will find VR settings with these three options:Once you pick OpenVR and wither 3D Scene or 3D Overlay as your application type, the next step is to pick which of your launch options start the app in VR. Pick the VR option under Launch Type in the launch option that supports VR. If you have a non-VR launch option just set it to default.Settings these things up will allow a few things inside OpenVR:We are still working on filtering and other UI around VR apps in Steam, particularly from within VR. If you run into anything odd there, please let us know and we’ll make sure it’s on the list to fix.