Oculus runtime init failed. Won't work with ALVR + Occulus Go

[RichL]

Hiya. I just bought the software but I can’t get it to hook into anything. Am i doing something wrong?

I’m using an Occulus Go, using ALVR to stream SteamVR to the headset. I can get the SteamVR lounge room to show in my headset and other apps work okay without vorpX with this setup. However, when i try start vorpX, it just shows the following error:

“Oculus runtime init failed. vorpX will not work correctly.
Try to restart the Oculus Software or your PC.

Switching vorpX to SteamVR mode may help in some cases.

Oculus runtime error:
Couldn’t load LibOVRRT. (-3001)”

I’ve tried looking for a SteamVR mode setting but.. i can’t find it anywhere in the configure program nor the help file? How do i enable this mode? Thanks.

[Ralf]

SteamVR would indeed be the right device type for ALVR.

You can find then device selection option on the „General“ page of the config app.

[RichL]

Ohhh that’s where it is. Thanks man <3

In that case since i failed so hard, I wonder if the error help dialog box could be tweaked a tad? Maybe instead of: “Switching vorpX to SteamVR mode may help in some cases” It could be like: “Switching vorpX to SteamVR mode (vorpX Config > General > Device Selection > SteamVR) may help in some cases”

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