VR-in-Linux-Ubuntu-manual

How to run VR projects (Unity) in Ubuntu

WIKI: https://github.com/CyberKoalaStudios/VR-in-Linux-Ubuntu-manual/wiki

First things first:

1. Dependencies

$ sudo apt-get install libusb-dev libudev-dev libxinerama-dev libxrandr-dev
$ sudo apt-get install adb

2. Add user to usergroup to connect HMD

Run all commands with sudo (important). Change ${YOUR_USER_NAME} to your linux account name (admin)

$ sudo useradd -aG plugdev ${YOUR_USER_NAME}

3. Create ADB Rules file

$ sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/50-oculus.rules

Only for oculus (but you can find ATTR for other HMD too):

## 5etc/udev/rules.d/50-oculus.rules
SUBSYSTEM="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="2833", ATTR{idProduct}=="0186", MODE="0660" group="plugdev", symlink+="ocuquest%n" 

$ sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

4. Restart PC (important!) reboot

5. Restart ADB

$ sudo adb kill-server  
$ sudo adb start-server  

6. Connect your HMD via USB 3.0 cable and run:

$ sudo adb devices  

Successfull output should be like this:

List of devices attached
1WWWAAAFFFF device

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HOWTO install VR software

Optional: install Steam VR via deb package https://store.steampowered.com/about/ or terminal:

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install steam

Optional: install SideQuest https://github.com/SideQuestVR/SideQuest/releases It can link your HMD via WIFI - very helpful feature

$ wget https://github.com/SideQuestVR/SideQuest/releases/download/v0.10.33/SideQuest-0.10.33.tar.xz
$ tar -xvf SideQuest-0.10.33.tar.xz
$ cd SideQuest-0.10.33
$ ./sidequest

Unity HUB: https://docs.unity3d.com/hub/manual/InstallHub.html?_ga=2.186802408.1785355613.1677948539-252450891.1661446378#install-hub-linux

Useful links:

• Monado (OpenXR free open-source alternative): https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/monado/monado
• ALVR: https://github.com/alvr-org/alvr