Getting Started
Meet MoltenVR
MoltenVR runs PC VR games on your Apple Silicon Mac and streams them to Meta Quest, PICO or Apple Vision Pro over a USB-C cable or Wi-Fi. No Windows PC, no SteamVR.MoltenVR is a Mac app that runs PC VR games on Apple Silicon and streams them to a standalone headset over a USB-C cable or Wi-Fi. There is no Windows PC involved and no SteamVR. The MoltenVR headset app on your Quest or PICO shows your game library in VR, so you can browse, launch and switch games without taking the headset off.
Check which Mac, macOS version and headset you need before installing.
InstallationDownload MoltenVR, put the headset app on your headset, and start playing.
Headset AppInstall, pair and use the MoltenVR app on Quest and PICO.
USB StreamingThe steadiest stream, plus the low-latency PyroWave codec.
Wi-Fi StreamingPlay without a cable on a 5 GHz or 6 GHz network.
Launching GamesWindows games through Wine, Linux builds through Inversa, Mac-native VR apps and Minecraft.
How games run
MoltenVR runs games on the Mac itself, in one of three ways:
- Windows VR games run through a managed Wine that MoltenVR downloads and sets up for you. DirectX is translated to Metal by DXMT or by Apple's D3DMetal (from Apple's Game Porting Toolkit), and you can choose the engine per game.
- Linux builds run through Inversa, an open-source Linux runtime for macOS. ARM64 Linux programs run natively and x86-64 ones run through FEX. Half-Life: Alyx's Linux ARM64 build runs in VR this way.
- Mac-native VR apps, such as Godot games and anything that uses the OpenXR loader, run on MoltenVR's own macOS OpenXR runtime with Metal, Vulkan or OpenGL, and hand tracking.
Minecraft runs in VR through Vivecraft, natively on the Mac.
Key features
Browse and launch games from the headset, and land back in the library when a game quits.
Find best settingsOne button tests your Mac and connection, then picks resolution, refresh rate and codec.
Up to 120 HzHEVC, H.264 or PyroWave, up to 120 Hz, with Quest 3's extended refresh rates on top.
Game audio and micGame sound streams to the headset with nothing to install, and the headset mic works on the Mac.
VR shellYour Mac desktop, windows and MoltenVR's panels in the headset, with a VR keyboard.
Community setupsWorking settings shared by other players, ranked by how closely their Mac matches yours.
Community & support
Join the MoltenVR Discord for help, announcements and beta builds. Found a game that doesn't work? Tell us in the Discord or open a GitHub issue with the game name and what happened.