Guide for clouding gaming on Apple Vision Pro

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Cloud Gaming on Apple Vision Pro

Cloud Gaming is a great way to enjoy graphically demanding games on Apple Vision Pro.

Since Safari on visionOS does not support PWA mode, here is how you can access cloud gaming services on Apple Vision Pro.

What’s needed

• A compatible game controller
  • visionOS supports game controller from Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch.
  • visionOS is really opinionated on where to send game controller events so if your controller is not working with the service you're using, try tap the center of the view and that should inform visionOS that this app should receive the game controller events.
• Nexus⁺ app
  • Disclosure - I made this because I wanted to access these services myself. Some other apps may also available.

Using GeForce Now

GeForce Now is the ideal cloud gaming service to use on Apple Vision Pro. With 4K resolution support (GeForce Now Ultimate membership required), the visual quality of the games is stunning.

After pairing the game controller with Apple Vision Pro, you can access GeForce Now from the bookmarks.

Before starting your first game session, make sure you go to GeForce Now settings and adjust the picture quality for higher resolution streaming, as the default option may not be optimal for a large canvas. (Due to the lack of H.265 support in Safari's WebRTC implementation, you may experience visual glitch streaming in 4K 120FPS configuration. In that case try switch back to 4K 60FPS instead.)

If you run into issue starting the game session, try turn off Turbo mode from the edit menu.

Using Xbox Cloud Gaming

Xbox Cloud Gaming is also available and offers a wide range of console games that might be interesting to explore. The service currently only supports streaming up to 1080p.

You can access Xbox Cloud Gaming from your bookmarks.

The app also includes an option to use Better xCloud with the website. Better xCloud enables Remote Play from your Xbox console and offers a wide range of options you can tweak. You can enable the script by long-tapping on the bookmark option to open the context menu, select Edit, and enable Better xCloud.

To update the Better xCloud script, long-tap on the row to show the context menu and select Update to download the latest script.

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@gschaiderd I’m not sure about the audio format. Personally 60 Hz gives me least issues, with 120 I occasionally see missing I-Frame. No idea about their plan for web HDR support.

Hello, I am trying to use mouse and keyboard on games with Nexus+ after getting the mouse to work on the AVP using Assistive Touch. GeForce now allows me to use the mouse to select games and use their menu systems, but once I get to the Steam user interface, the mouse stops being able to select things and I’m stuck only being able to use the controller.

I would like to be able to use the mouse and keyboard rather than having the Steam interface switch me over to a controller. Is there a way to add in support for keyboard and mouse into the available steam settings and turn off controller use. Is there any kind of work around for this issue with Nexus+ and Steam? It looks like Steam automatically switches to Xbox mode and doesn’t give any other options.

Thank you

@Qu3u3Cumb3r I'm not sure it's possible. Ultimately GFN need to be the one implementing the browser pointer capture, there is not much the app itself can do here.

@KhaosT Thank you for the quick reply

Can’t login to GeForce with Google account, as it gives an error that JavaScript is not enabled.

Hi @KhaosT, since the last update the GeForce Statics do not show any values anymore. Could you please check it? Thanks

@noonanbobby The problem is more around Google's browser detection thing I believe. Can you try login to Google first (by making a new bookmark to Google.com) and then see if the login with Google works afterwards? If it still doesn't maybe try link a different login method to your Nvidia account.

@gschaiderd Yeah it looks like GFN updated their stuff so on "mobile" it no longer reports the stats. I'll see if I can restore that but if the code just doesn't run on GFN side, I'll probably have to take it out instead.