How to exit VR mode?

Development Platform & Builds XR Development
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I have searched, read through the documentation and unless i missed it somehow I cant find a way to exit VR mode. I found a pause button on the radial menu in VR but it was greyed out (not sure if this is the right one anyway)

is there a hot key to leave VR and go back to desktop mode?

:confused:

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Happens to me too. Makes you wonder if anyone at Unreal actually use any VR at all.

Vive, with 4.16.1

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So itā€™s not just me thenā€¦

Not at unreal this weekend but there must be a way to bind a hot key somehow? Its a pita because to get it working again with the vive I need to close(crash) ue4 & close steamVR, restart steam and start ue4 as admin.

someone must know how to do itā€¦?

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Having the same problem here.
Zak mentioned something like ā€œhit alt+tilde to exit be modeā€. But for some reason this doesnā€™t work for meā€¦

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Tilde is a really terrible shortcut key, since it can be placed very differently on keyboards in different countries.

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ESC used to work. I think thereā€™s something broken in the latest release. I canā€™t get the debugger to work either. Very disappointed in ue4 and the total lack of testing and support

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Hi all! Escape was removed when we added in Simulate and Play in VR mode, as that key is used to exit those modes. Iā€™m currently working on a change where the escape key will leave VR mode if youā€™re not simulating or playing, though.

For now, in 4.16, Alt+` will exit VR mode. In 4.17 and beyond though, itā€™ll be Alt+V for VR Mode. :slight_smile: In both cases though, you can remap the keybinding in Editor Preferences. If for some reason the key combo isnā€™t working for you, make sure the preview window has focus by clicking on it.

Thanks for trying out VR Mode, and hope this helps with your workflows!

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ALT+V - Thank you, soooooo hard to quit, I had to crash my UE to quit, what did you think? Any hint to users? Maybe button to quit?

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We actually are going to add a button to the radial menu in an upcoming version! Thank you all so much for your feedback :smiley:

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I found it ā€¦for me! Hold down left mouse button then Alt/V.

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Thanks, it works for me too. UE 4.16.3

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How can i quit play mode from within VR?

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Originally posted by firstorbital View Post

I found it ā€¦for me! Hold down left mouse button then Alt/V. still works in 4.20

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In 4.25 Shift/V

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In the next version, I suppose, it will be Ctrl+V.

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4.26.1 is SHIFT V on focus window :slight_smile:

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Andā€¦ I have no idea how to exit an OpenXR preview in VR in latest UE5.3 !?? None of ctrl-V, shift-V, alt-V, or ESC do anything for me.