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Valve is bringing Steam Link, its local network game-streaming app, to Apple\u2019s Vision Pro mixed reality headset, allowing Vision Pro users to play traditional games from their Steam library wirelessly from a nearby Mac or PC.<\/p>\n
We say \u201ctraditional games\u201d because it\u2019s important to clarify that this does not stream VR games\u2014only the sorts of games you would play on a traditional 2D display like a computer monitor or a TV. That said, this could lay some groundwork for VR games sometime in the future. But to be clear, Valve has not made any announcements about supporting SteamVR games on the Vision Pro.<\/p>\n
There were previously Steam Link apps for the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Users could sync controllers with those devices and play Steam games over the local network\u2014not just games from other Apple devices, but also from Windows or Linux gaming PCs.<\/p>\n
It has been possible to do this on the Vision Pro using third-party tools like ALVR, but this is a much more straightforward, tried-and-true path to the same destination.<\/p>\n
If you want to try it, you can sign up via TestFlight<\/a>, Apple\u2019s platform for distributing pre-release apps before they are listed on the App Store. Valve says<\/a> the current version of the app \u201callows streaming up to 4K resolutions, and allows you to dynamically adjust the curve of the display in panoramic mode.\u201d<\/p>\n We complained<\/a> about the Vision Pro\u2019s limited ability to connect to external gaming and media devices or access mixed reality content outside Apple\u2019s walled garden when we reviewed it at launch a couple of years ago. Since then, that situation has markedly improved<\/a>, though it\u2019s still not always as straightforward as it is on competing headsets.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n