Phone VR Alternatives

Phone VR is described as 'Use Steam VR-enabled applications with your phone as HMD (Head-mounted display). The only Open-Source solution to similar commercial packages like VRidge, Riftcat, Trinus etc etc. (https://github.com/ShootingKing-AM/PhoneVR)' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Phone VR for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, iPhone, HTC Vive and Steam apps. The best Phone VR alternative is ALVR - Air Light VR, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Phone VR are Bigscreen Beta, VRidge, TrinusVR and Intugame.

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Use Steam VR-enabled applications with your phone as HMD (Head-mounted display). The only Open-Source solution to similar...

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ALVR - Air Light VR
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
Android
Android Tablet
Daydream
Gear VR
4 ALVR - Air Light VR alternatives
Stream VR games from your PC to your headset via Wi-Fi.
- - ALVR - Air Light VR is the most popular Windows, Android, Linux & Android Tablet alternative to Phone VR.
- - ALVR - Air Light VR is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Phone VR.
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VR support
Oculus Quest Support
Oculus Go Support
Bigscreen Beta
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
OSVR
HTC Vive
Steam
Oculus Rift
20 Bigscreen Beta alternatives
Bigscreen enables people to watch videos in VR with friends through a variety of ways! Share your desktop screen, watch high quality, premium 3D movies, attend live rocket launch events, play your own video files using our new videoplayer feature, and much more!
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Virtual Reality
Oculus Rift support
Free to play
Oculus Quest Support
VRidge
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
Android
iPhone
HTC Vive
Gear VR
Oculus Rift
13 VRidge alternatives
Play PC VR games inside your mobile VR headset with VRidge technology. For a fraction of the cost!
- - VRidge is the most popular iPhone alternative to Phone VR.
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Oculus Quest Support
Google Cardboard Support
VR support
Game Streaming
Oculus Rift support
Virtual Reality
TrinusVR
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
Android
9 TrinusVR alternatives
TrinusVR connects your Android phone to your PC so you can play your PC games in virtual reality.
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Virtual Reality
Google Cardboard Support
Android Sync
Streaming
iPhone/iPod sync
Intugame
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
Android
iPhone
11 Intugame alternatives
Intugame VR lets you play PC games in Virtual reality. It uses your smartphone and a Virtual reality headset of your choice. You put your smartphone in the VR headset and press play. Our app takes care of the rest.
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Virtual Reality
Discontinued
The program seems to be no longer updated. iOS app is not on the Appstore anymore. Android app, released in October 2016, can be still downloaded from Google Play Store.
iVRy
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Freemium • Proprietary
Android
iPhone
iPad
Gear VR
4 iVRy alternatives
iVRy is a SteamVR-compatible Virtual Reality headset app for your Android device with a native high-performance driver for Valve's OpenVR / SteamVR.
- - iVRy is the most popular iPad alternative to Phone VR.
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PSR compatible
Virtual Reality
SteamVR
Gagagu VR-Streamer
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
iPhone
6 Gagagu VR-Streamer alternatives
With the Gagagu VR-Streamer App in combination with the Gagagu VR-Streamer Server (available on http://www.gagagu.de for free) you are able to transfer the Image output from a game running on your Windows PC (only in windowed mode!) to your iPhone.
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Virtual Reality
DreamDesk VR
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
HTC Vive
Steam
Oculus Rift
8 DreamDesk VR alternatives
VR Desktop Environment Access all your software, files, browse the net, stream Netflix, watch 360/SBS/OU/3D and play games on multiple virtual screens. DreamDesk allows you create, scale and place virtual screens around you without additional hardware or drivers.
- - DreamDesk VR is the most popular commercial alternative to Phone VR.
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Oculus Rift support
Virtual Reality
LightVR
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
HTC Vive
Steam
7 LightVR alternatives
Virtual room simulator with a 360° desktop for the HTC Vive.
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Virtual Reality
KinoVR
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Freemium • Proprietary
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
Cardboard
6 KinoVR alternatives
Play your PC games in 3D virtual reality. KinoVR turns your Android device into virtual reality viewer for PC with quality comparable to expensive PC VR headsets. Low-latency Full HD video streaming at 60 frames per second combined with accurate head tracking.
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Virtual Reality