VR Settings for Unreal Engine 4/5

Applying these settings will take time during a restart!

Some of these features are not available on all versions

For PC VR:

• Project Settings | Engine | Rendering | VR | Instanced Stereo: True
• Project Settings | Engine | Rendering | VR | Round Robin Occlusion Queries: True
• Project Settings | Engine | Rendering | Forward Renderer | Forward Shading: True
• Project Settings | Engine | Rendering | Default Settings | Anti-Aliasing Method: MSAA
• Project Settings | Engine | Rendering | Default Settings | Ambient Occlusion Static Fraction: False
• Project Settings | Project | Description | Settings | Start in VR: True
• Project Settings | Engine | Rendering | Defaults Settings | Auto Exposure: False
• Project Settings | Engine | Rendering | Mobile Shader Permutation Reduction | Support Combined Static and CSM Shadowning: False
• Project Settings | Engine | Rendering | Misc Lighting | Allow Static Lighting: True

For Standalone VR (in addition to above):

• Project Settings | Engine | Input | Mobile | Default Touch Interface: None
• Project Settings | Target Hardware: Mobile and Scalable
  
• Project Settings | Platforms | Android | APK Packaging: Configure and set settings needed
• Project Settings | Platforms | Android | APK Packaging | Package game data inside .apk?: True (useful for testing)
• Project Settings | Platforms | Android : Support Vulkan
• Project Settings | Platforms | Android : DISABLE OpenGL ES3.2
• Project Settings | Platforms | Android : Advanced APK Packaging/Package for Meta Quest Devices
• Project Settings | Platforms | Android SDK: Verify that your SDK locations are set.
• Project Settings | Engine | Rendering | VR | Mobile HDR: False
• Project Settings | Engine | Rendering | VR | Mobile Multi-View: True
• Project Settings | Engine | Rendering | VR | Mobile Multi-View Direct: True
• Project Settings | Engine | Rendering | VR | Monoscopic Far Field: True

• Additionally, under Project Settings/Platforms/Android, check the following:

  • Under APK Packaging, select Configure Now/Accept SDK License (you may need to do this on the build workstation)
    

• My UE4.27 Project Settings To Build Oculus / Meta Quest 2 Applications And Performance Settings

Installing the MetaXR plugin will present a feature to apply all of the settings above. You may then decide to disable the plugin if you no longer need it for the project and retain the applied settings.