A lightweight OpenXR/OpenVR overlay for Wayland and X11 desktops, inspired by XSOverlay.
WlxOverlay-S allows you to access your desktop screens while in VR.
Compared to similar software, WlxOverlay-S aims to run alongside your other VR games or experiences and have as little performance impact as possible. The UI looks and rendering methods are kept simple and efficient as much as possible.
This is the coming-together of two of my previous projects:
We are available on either:
#linux-vr-adventures:matrix.org
Questions/issues specific to WlxOverlay-S will be handled in the wlxoverlay
chat room.
chmod +x WlxOverlay-S-*.AppImage
AUR package is wlx-overlay-s-git.
You may also want to build from source.
If you get a screen share pop-up, check the terminal and select the screens in the order it tells you to.
If you selected the screens in the wrong order:
rm ~/.config/wlxoverlay/conf.d/pw_tokens.yaml
then restartSteamVR users: WlxOverlay-S will register itself for auto-start, so you will not need to start it every time.
Please continue reading the guide below.
Your working set consists of your currently selected overlays; screens, mirrors, keyboard, etc.
The working set appears in front of you when shown, and can be re-centered by hiding and showing again.
Show and hide your working set using:
showhide
yourself.)Much of the functionality in WlxOverlay-S depends on what color of laser you are using to interact with a UI element. \ Using the default settings, there are 3 modes:
Please see the bindings section below on how to activate these modes.
The guide here uses the colors for ease of getting started.
Check your left wrist for the watch. The watch is your primary tool for controlling the app.
Hovering a pointer over a screen will move the mouse. If there are more than one pointers hovering a screen, the pointer that was last used to click will take precedence.
The click depends on the laser color:
To curve screens, grab them with one hand, then with the other hand, hover the laser over the overlay and use the scroll action.
See the bindings section on how to grab, move and resize screens.
The keyboard is fully customizable via the keyboard.yaml file. \
Download it into your ~/.config/wlxoverlay/
folder and edit it to your liking.
Typing
Modifier Keys are sticky. They will remain pressed until you press a non-modifier key, or toggle them off.
If your bindings are not supported, please reach out. \ We would like to work with you and include additional bindings.
Check here for tips.
This seems to only affect SteamVR 2.4.4 (stable as of writing). Try switching to temp_v1.27.5
or beta
using the SteamVR beta selection if this bothers you. (The linux-v1.14
branch will not work.)
This is a rare issue that can make your desktop not react to click or keys due to a modifier being stuck somewhere. Restarting the overlay fixes this.
This seems to be an issue specific to Electron apps (Discord, Element, Slack, Spotify) on Wayland. Scrolling will work when using these in your web browser.