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OpenXW VR

Star Wars: X-Wing from inside a 3D cockpit, standalone on Meta Quest and PICO.

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About

A VR port of OpenXW, the open source rebuild of Star Wars: X-Wing, running standalone. Space is rendered in stereo around you and you sit in a 3D cockpit of your X-Wing, Y-Wing, A-Wing or B-Wing, with the original instruments and HUD in front of you. The concourse, briefings and cutscenes play on a big virtual screen.

Features

  • Head-tracked stereo 3D space in flight (1998 flight engine)
  • 3D cockpits from X-Wing Revival for the X-Wing, Y-Wing, A-Wing and B-Wing (included)
  • The original instruments and HUD in front of you
  • Full flight control on the controllers, remappable in Settings → Controller
  • Hold the right grip to look behind you
  • Laser pointer for the menus; click the pilot name field and an on-screen keyboard opens
  • Menus over passthrough on Meta Quest

Manual

Installation

  1. Sideload the APK with SideQuest or adb install -r OpenXW-VR-v0.1.2-beta.apk.
  2. From the Steam folder STAR WARS X-Wing, copy collectors_cd to /sdcard/OpenXW/XW94 and remastered to /sdcard/OpenXW/XW98 on the headset.
  3. Start OpenXW VR from Unknown Sources and allow "access to all files" when asked.

Good to know

  • The APK contains no game data: you need your own copy of the game.
  • The small screens built into the X-Wing Revival cockpits are dark; the original instruments stay in front of you instead.
  • Passthrough behind the menus works on Meta Quest only; on PICO the menus float in front of black.
  • PICO needs PICO OS 5.9.0 or newer: only from that version does the PICO runtime work with the generic Khronos OpenXR loader the port uses.
  • The PICO build is untested: if it does not start, or the controllers do nothing, please open an issue on GitHub. adb logcat -s SDL/APP:* shows how far it gets, which is the useful thing to paste in.

Controller mapping

InputFlightMenus
Left stickPitch and yawArrow keys
Right stickRoll (left/right), throttle lever (up/down)
Right triggerFireClick
Left triggerTarget / roll modifierClick
Right gripRear view (hold)Right-click
A / BNext target / nearest fighterEnter / Escape
X / YTarget my attacker / match target speedY = Space
Left / right stick clickForward view / hyperspace
Left Menu buttonPause (hold 1 s: recenter)Escape (hold 1 s: recenter)
Left grip + A / BFull throttle / throttle down
Left grip + X / YClear target / Escape
Left grip + left triggerCycle firing mode
Left grip + left / right stick clickCycle weapon group / cycle shields

Button names are those of the Meta Quest controllers; PICO controllers use the same layout.

Download

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Over USB, for Meta Quest and PICO: installs the app and copies your own game files to the right place. No SideQuest, no adb. Works in Chrome or Edge on a PC, Mac or Android phone.

The installer needs JavaScript. Use the manual download below.

First time? Before you start
  1. Turn on developer mode. Quest: Meta Horizon app on your phone → Devices → your headset → Headset settings → Developer mode. PICO: Settings → General → About → tap Software version 7 times, then Settings → Developer → turn on USB debugging.
  2. Connect the headset to this computer with a USB cable that carries data (not a charge-only cable).
  3. Close SideQuest and Meta Quest Developer Hub. If you use adb, run adb kill-server first: only one program can talk to the headset at a time.
  4. Windows: if the headset doesn't show up in the list, install the Meta Quest ADB driver.
  5. After pressing Connect, put on the headset and allow USB debugging for this computer.

OpenXW VR v0.1.2-beta (Meta Quest + PICO) latestv0.1.2-beta · 20 Oct 2026

All releases: github.com/SgtBilko76/OpenXW-VR/releases

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Pictures & video

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Credits: Based on OpenXW and the Aeron engine by elyosh. 3D cockpit models: X-Wing Revival by Raptor007 and contributors (originally from the X-Wing Alliance Upgrade project). Pictures: captured on a Meta Quest 3.