# Open VR options not visible in v5.9 on Windows

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-vr-options-not-visible-in-v5-9-on-windows/6090
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** vr
**Created:** [December 17, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-vr-options-not-visible-in-v5-9-on-windows/6090 "2020-12-17T22:43:42Z")
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### Author: ![JPBodner](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@JPBodner](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/JPBodner)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-vr-options-not-visible-in-v5-9-on-windows/6090/1 "2020-12-17T22:43:42Z")

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Hi all. I’m new to Paraview so forgive me if this is a obvious question. I’m trying to get PV working with my Rift headset on Windows. I have SteamVR running, and then I load PV (v5.9). My understanding is that Open VR capability is built into this version so there’s no need to manage/load a plugin, correct? When I load a dataset however, I don’t see any controls to “send to VR”.

(Under the Plugins manager I see a VR plugin, but my understanding is that this is a different way to get it done…but it’s not the OpenVR solution I ought to try first. Correct me if I’m wrong)

Any advice on how to make the VR options visible/available?

Thanks!

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-vr-options-not-visible-in-v5-9-on-windows/6090/2 "2020-12-18T00:39:57Z")

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Hi Jeff, welcome to the ParaView community.

I see that the OpenVR plugin is not in ParaView 5.9.0-RC2.

@ben.boeckel looks like `openvr` is not enabled on the CI machines. Could you enable OpenVR in the superbuild Windows runners?

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-vr-options-not-visible-in-v5-9-on-windows/6090/3 "2020-12-18T00:49:35Z")

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[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild/-/merge\_requests/819](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild/-/merge_requests/819)

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-vr-options-not-visible-in-v5-9-on-windows/6090/4 "2020-12-18T14:55:56Z")

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I don’t see it in linux either, am I missing something ?

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-vr-options-not-visible-in-v5-9-on-windows/6090/5 "2020-12-18T15:50:52Z")

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Was it in linux packages in 5.8?

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-vr-options-not-visible-in-v5-9-on-windows/6090/6 "2020-12-18T15:52:28Z")

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Looks like it was not in 5.8 either, not in any version before that.