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You’ll have take off your HMD, find the freakin’ F12 key, and … oh wait, our “position” is completely different now … crap. However … in VR we do not see the keyboard of our PC, so this becomes quite unusable while playing a VR game. The quality of the screenshots are really good, arguably better than the screenshot function of the Oculus Quest. (and of course the previously mentioned menu+trigger button, which does not work with the Oculus Quest). Steam DOES has a shortcut to take screenshots, namely the F12 button. Note: This does not work on the Oculus Quest (with either Oculus Link, ALVR or Virtual Desktop)! Standard Screenshot in Steam: Useless in VR with an Oculus Quest

After a few seconds you will see a notification informing you that the screenshot was taken. Standard Quick Screenshot in SteamVR: System Button and Right TriggerīillKills974 pointed rightfully out that SteamVR has a standard method to take a quick screenshot by pressing the system button and trigger button simultaneously for 1 second. This trick makes use of the excellent VR companion for SteamVR users: OpenVR-AdvancedSettings, a must have for all SteamVR users. – this is originally intended for use with the Oculus Quest since the standard method conflicts with assigned button functions. – but it will not work for Oculus Quest native VR games – only for games and applications running in SteamVR. Valve Index, Oculus Rift, HTV Vive, etc, etc). – it will very likely work with other SteamVR compatible HMD’s as well (eg. Note: This is a tweak/setting for SteamVR! In this article, geared towards to Oculus Quest, I’ll show you how I managed to get SteamVR (!) managed to bind taking a screenshot, to long pressing the Joystick in the Left Controller of my Oculus Quest – anywhere in the game (or anywhere in SteamVR for that matter). The annoyance became even worse when I got Half-Life: Alyx (highly recommend it for VR players!) where I wanted to share screenshots of funny things I found or did in the game. Quite a poor user experience if you ask me. The user either has to jump through several hoops to get a mediocre screenshot, or the user has to blindly figure out where the heck his or her keyboard it, in order to press the screenshot button.

One thing that has disappointed me, in VR in general, is how poorly applications and games seem to handle taking screenshots.