Driver for OpenVR usage without hardware

Provides a simple virtual driver for simulating HMD and controller behavior during OpenVR development.

Preparation

• IMPORTANT: Backup the existing null driver from SteamVR
• Set the OpenVRDir environment variable to point at your OpenVR SDK location
• Edit Build/premake5.lua and adjust the Steam path if necessary

Build

This tool has only been built/tested using Visual Studio 2015 on Windows 10 64 bit.

• cd Build
• ../Tools/premake5 vs2015
• Open NoVR.sln
• Select your platform (e.g x64)
• Build

Install

The projects build output is by default set to overwrite the null driver from SteamVR.

Run

Run any application using OpenVR/SteamVR

Build and run the NoVRRemote application to remote control the driver.

Add the following section to steamvr.vrsettings (probably found at %SteamInstallLocation%/config/steamvr.vrsettings)

"novr" : {
  "enabled" : true,
}