Systems used:
- Ubuntu 22.04
- Isaac Sim 4.5.0
Description:
This is a tutorial on how to setup your VR and AR devices to the Isaac Sim (Omniverse) workflow Author: Nathan H. by 03/24/2025
Video:
Tutorial Notes:
Original workflow video posted by Nvidia: NVIDIA Omniverse Exploring XR Workflows in Omniverse | Learn With Me
Loading the Extensions:
Launch ./isaac-sim.selector.sh
Windows→extension
For setting AR tablet, search “tablet”
and enable Autoload
For setting VR/XR, search “VR experience”
and enable Autoload
AR Tablet:
The app looks like this →
You can checkout more details on this app here: iOS Client — Omniverse Extensions
VR/XR:
It’s important to know that this works in Windows OS as well which was demoed in the original Nvida video. It seems like for Meta and other headsets, additional configuration is required (ALVR in Linux).
For the purpose of this tutorial, I just use Linux environment, and the downside is that SteamVR isn’t as smooth compared to in Windows. If you know away to improve the VR experience in Linux with HTC Vive, please let me know!
To get Steam on your computer use: sudo apt install steam
Then on your terminal just type steam
to load the application, then login, then download SteamVR