Mass Effect 3 VR (community experimental build)
for Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition · by jrush64
A mod added to the existing PC game to enable VR. A dedicated VR mod built for this one game. These are normally the best experiences, because controls, menus and comfort were designed for VR rather than injected.
Get it from GitHub
Free: Public free release/source; no paid tier stated.
Downloads happen on the creator's own page. PCVR Central never rehosts files.
Setup walkthroughs
Community research
A prebuilt community build documents native stereo, 6DoF head tracking and per-eye HUD with three verified runtimes, but it is explicitly experimental and lacks a tagged release, so the label remains experimental.
Evidence checked: Current creator README, build/install layout and release inventory checked; README names prebuilt DLL and verified runtimes, but no GitHub release is published.
Known limitations
- Creator explicitly labels it experimental; no tagged downloadable release exists in the current GitHub Releases API.
- Player setup is source-oriented; repository includes a prebuilt DLL but README also expects manual/build/install knowledge.
- No headset make/model or game version number is documented in the excerpt.
Full details
- VR implementation
- VR Mod
- Platforms
- PCVR
- Framework
- Dedicated VR mod
- Price
- Free, Public free release/source; no paid tier stated.
- Motion controls
- Gamepad only
- Controller details
- Uses gamepad-style controls; no tracked-hand aim is claimed. Head position/rotation is tracked through OpenXR. First-person mode, VR conversations/cutscenes and in-headset settings menu. Gamepad/keyboard actions remain the game’s primary gameplay input.
- 6DOF aim
- No
- Roomscale
- No
- Left-handed
- Unknown
- Perspective
- First & third-person
- VR runtime
- OpenXR
- Headsets tested
- Virtual Desktop (verified in headset), Meta Quest Link (verified in headset), SteamVR (verified in headset)
- Storefronts tested
- Steam
- Install difficulty
- Advanced install
- Requirements
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition (ME3) Windows PC and OpenXR runtime, Prebuilt dxgi.dll and MELE3VR.ini are in repository; install files using the release/install layout (or build with Visual Studio 2022 C++ workload and scripts/build.bat), In-game menu via Insert; per-eye stereo, AER and DIBR modes configurable
- Game version tested
- Unknown
- Last verified
- Never
- Source
- GitHub
- Download / install
- Open creator download / install page
- GitHub repo
- jrush64/MassEffect3-VR
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