Set up a VR project

Create a VR project, configure it for streaming, fix the two problems the Unreal template ships with, and package it ready to upload.

Create the project

In Unreal Editor, create a new project, choose Virtual Reality under Games, name it and press Create.

Configure the plugins

1. Open Edit › Plugins

   

2. Search "Pixel Streaming" and enable it

   Tick Pixel Streaming (Plugin 1). Not Pixel Streaming Player, and not Pixel Streaming 2 if your list shows it: Pixel Streaming 2 does not stream on Unreal 5.5 — see plugin compatibility.

   

3. Search "OpenXR" and disable it

   

4. Restart, then dismiss the popup that follows

   Press Restart Now in the banner shown above.

Clean up the template

Two things in Unreal's VR template need attention before it will stream properly.

1. Delete B_AssetGuideline from the Content Drawer

   It is a guide asset for people working in the editor, and has no place in a streamed build. Unreal warns that it is still referenced by VRPawn; choose Force Delete.

   

2. Open VRPawn, then compile and save

   The force delete left VRPawn pointing at an asset that no longer exists. Compiling and saving it clears that reference.

Fix the player spawning in the floor

The template's player starts partly below the ground, and returns there after every teleport. The cause: teleportation moves the centre of the player to the target, without accounting for the collision capsule — so the lower half of the capsule ends up inside the floor. There are two places to fix: the Player Start, for the first spawn, and the teleport itself in VRPawn, for every teleport after it. Moving the Player Start alone does not stop teleports sinking.

1. Raise the Player Start along Z

   Select the Player Start actor in your level and raise its Location Z until the collision capsule clears the ground. Aim for standing on the ground — neither sunk into it nor floating above it. Unreal should also show a Bad Size label on a Player Start whose capsule is obstructed, and clear it once the capsule is free.

   

2. Add +110 on Z to the teleport destination

   Open VRPawn and find the TryTeleport function. Between the calculated teleport location and the Dest Location input of the Teleport node, add a vector + node with X 0, Y 0, Z 110. The player then lands standing on the floor rather than half inside it. Compile and save.

   

Package it

1. Platforms › Windows › Package Project

   Choose an empty folder for the output.

   

   

2. Watch the output if it fails

   Press Show Output Logs. The most common cause of a packaging failure is Visual Studio not being configured for Unreal, which the log will say and the dialog will not.

3. Zip the contents of the Windows folder

   Select everything inside it and compress that — not the folder itself, which buries the .exe a level too deep.

Test it locally first

Before uploading, run the build on your own computer and open it in the headset. A VR fault is much easier to see there than through a stream. The one extra step is HTTPS, because a headset's browser only allows VR on a secure page. Testing VR locally covers every step.

Last updated 30 Sep 2026