Widget getting blacked out in VR

Hi ,
There is an issue where the widget I make is perfectly fine but as soon as I place it in the scene we can only see its outline. in VR preview mode.
this is the widget


this is how it looks as an actor

But while it is placed on the scene it looks like this

How can it be fixed

My first guess is exposure. If you go to Unlit mode, does it show up? If you manually slide your exposure waaaayyyy down via Viewport settings or Post Process, does it show up? You might have to define a custom material for that widget that lets you change the emissive value, or make it a Default Lit material instead of Unlit.