How to disable steam vr home

Introduction to Steam VR Home

Steam VR Home, by contrast, is a customizable virtual space where people can invite their friends, browse community content and play around with objects. This allows you to turn it into, in effect, your virtual living room and skin it as the home that you start all of your VR experiences from. However, for you folks who want to jump straight into a game or app, merely disabling it will safely time an CPU usage.

Why disable Steam VR Home?

Performance

Disabling Steam VR Home can improve your system performance. This virtual environment uses system resources and by turning it off you can allocate those resources to your VR games and apps.

Faster Load Times

Without Steam VR Home the initial load time when you launch Steam VR is much faster. You get into your games quicker without the extra step of going through VR Home.

Easier to use

For some, just going straight to the VR app is preferred. Disabling Steam VR Home makes it simpler.

Disable Steam VR Home

Method 1: Through Steam VR Settings

1. Launch Steam VR
2. Open Steam and start Steam VR.
3. Settings
4. In Steam VR, click the settings button (gear icon).
5. Developer
6. In settings, click on the Developer tab.
7. Disable Steam VR Home
8. In the Developer tab, find “Steam VR Home” and uncheck the box.
9. Restart Steam VR
10. Close and restart Steam VR.

Method 2: Through Steam Library

1. Steam Library
2. Open Steam and go to your Library.
3. Steam VR
4. Find Steam VR in your games and software list and right-click on it.
5. Properties
6. Click ‘Properties.’
7. Launch Options
8. Click Set Launch Options.
9. Enter -nocontent and OK. Steam VR will start without Steam VR Home.
10. Restart Steam VR

What to Expect After Disabling Steam VR Home

Direct to Apps

With Steam VR Home disabled, Steam VR will take you straight to the Steam VR interface or your chosen VR app, no VR Home.

Resources Available

You may notice your system runs more smoothly as resources previously used by Steam VR Home are now available to other apps.

Simpler Interface

The VR interface will be more basic, just your VR library and settings, no extra features or distractions.

Re-Enabling Steam VR Home

If you ever want to re-enable Steam VR Home, just reverse the steps above. Go back to settings and check the box for Steam VR Home or remove the -nocontent launch option.

Conclusion

Disabling Steam VR Home gives you many benefits, like better performance, faster load times and a cleaner interface. Whether you want to max out your system or just want a quicker way to get to your VR content, disabling Steam VR Home is easy and will upgrade your entire VR experience.In the end disabling Steam VR Home will give you a more enjoyable and hassle free VR experience so you can focus on what matters most to you. Try it out and your VR systems will perform and feel better and you’ll get a customized and optimized experience if you value efficiency and performance in your VR adventures.