# Sky atmosphere in VR not working

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/sky-atmosphere-in-vr-not-working/235005>\
**Category:** XR Development\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [June 12, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/sky-atmosphere-in-vr-not-working/235005 "2021-06-12T02:10:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zarsky](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Zarsky](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Zarsky)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/sky-atmosphere-in-vr-not-working/235005/4 "2023-01-17T09:52:07Z")

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Based on this [thread](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue-5-1-vr-sky-atmosphere-is-black/692141/15) the problem seems to be forward shading not supporting the SkyAtmosphere, which pretty much makes the whole system unusable for stand alone VR. ☹

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