# Black screen on VR

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/black-screen-on-vr/23076>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** virtual-reality\
**Created:** [April 21, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/black-screen-on-vr/23076 "2022-04-21T17:23:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![cpinter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/cpinter/32/7995_2.png) [@cpinter](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/cpinter)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/black-screen-on-vr/23076/10 "2022-07-27T11:30:03Z")

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No need, this is a known issue. See a quick summary of the current state of SlicerVR here

> [@SlicerVirtualReality issues](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicervirtualreality-issues/23028/11):
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> Thanks for the update @rbumm , quite useful! We are currently in an “almost there” state with SlicerVR on many fronts. OpenXR support can be expected to be finalized soon in terms of the new Kitware-Robarts project (at least as far as I know using OpenXR is in the plans for this project - they want HoloLens2 support) In-VR widget exposing many Slicer features is on the way. The widget works, the laser pointer basically works. We currently struggle with that the texture update that shows in th…

You can try it with a Slicer older than Feb 25, 2022 (before 7da00248941292c429ba11204d3a5a7d78210a46), or wait until OpenXR support is fully functional.

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