Installing OSVR for Windows

Install precompiled binaries

You may download precompiled binaries of OSVR for Windows from our snapshots page.

Building OSVR from source

1. Prerequisites. The prerequisites may be installed using the Boxstarter scripts found in the OSVR-Boxstarter Repository. If you prefer to install them manually, the list of prerequisites follows:

   • CMake
   • Boost
   • OpenCV
   • Python 2

2. Acquire the source code. Check out the source code from the OSVR-Core repository.

3. Create a build directory. To keep the source repository clean of temporary and generated build files, create a separate directory to contain the build. We usually create a directory named build inside the OSVR-Core directory.

4. Generate a Microsoft Visual Studio project. Run CMake to generate a project file for your compuiler. Set the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX variable to the location where you would like the OSVR files to be installed.

5. Compile OSVR. Navigate to the build directory you created in step 3 and load the project file. Build the ALL_BUILDS project and optionally "build" the INSTALL_FILES project.

Next steps

• Peruse the OSVR reference documentation
• Integrate OSVR with Unity
• Integrate OSVR with Unreal
• Integrate OSVR with your own application
• Write an OSVR plugin

Support

If you need further assistance with installing OSVR, email us at support@osvr.com.