# How do you make a pause menu in VR?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-pause-menu-in-vr/437842>\
**Category:** XR Development\
**Tags:** menu-creation, unreal-engine, menu, Widget, question\
**Created:** [November 17, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-pause-menu-in-vr/437842 "2018-11-17T23:23:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_22a52189](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_22a52189](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_22a52189)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-pause-menu-in-vr/437842/1 "2018-11-17T23:23:17Z")

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There are tutorials of how to make a menu in VR but this does not pause the game. How do you make an interactive menu in VR that can be used while the game is paused?

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_22a52189](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_22a52189](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_22a52189)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-pause-menu-in-vr/437842/2 "2018-11-17T23:25:14Z")

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Please do not mark this as a duplicate. I have found posts asking a similar question but not with a satisfactory answer.