Third-Party Tutorials: Optimizing Your Project for Higher FPS

Optimizing Unreal Engine VR Projects for Higher Framerates (Meta Quest, HTC VIVE, FFR, ETFR, NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR, and Intel XeSS Tips Included!)

This beginner-friendly tutorial, covers how to significantly boost the performance of your Unreal Engine VR projects, whether you're building for standalone (mobile) or PCVR (desktop) on devices such as Meta Quest, HTC VIVE, Varjo, or Valve Index.

It covers step-by-step how to:

• Convert a regular project into a VR-ready experience.
• Optimize for both standalone (Android) and PCVR (Windows) platforms.
• Tweak key rendering, lighting, and texture settings for smoother gameplay.
• Configure Meta XR and HTC VIVE OpenXR plugins to fine-tune settings for the best performance possible.
• Utilize and fine-tune engine scalability settings.
• Explore powerful optimization features like DLSS, FSR, XeSS, and Foveated Rendering

Even if you’re new to VR development, this guide breaks it down with visuals, clear examples, and actionable tips to take your framerate from sluggish to silky smooth.