Docker Ubuntu based SteamVR

An example of Steam and SteamVR working within an Ubuntu Docker container

Requirements

Make sure that you have nvidia-container-toolkit installed.

Follow this guide to install nvidia-container-toolkit: https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/latest/install-guide.html

Building

Build container with:

make dev

Enter container with:

docker exec -it --privileged steamvr_dev_<user>_<branch> bash

Running First time

Setup Steam and SteamVR

1. Open steam (running steam in the container) and login to steam. Install SteamVR.

2. Launch SteamVR running steamvr (alias for $HOME/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/SteamVR/bin/vrmonitor.sh)

3. Set default runtime from the pop-up window:

   

4. If the pop-up window is not displayed, install an older version of SteamVR from the Betas settings section:

   

   After configuring, set Beta Participation to None and use the latest version of SteamVR.

Setup conda environment to run in VR

• Navigate to /home/${USER}/bigym/
• Activate bigym conda environments: conda activate bigym
• Install dependencies: pip install -e ".[dev]"
• Run demo recorder: python tools/demo_recorder/main.py