# Does SlicerVirtualReality work with 5.6?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/does-slicervirtualreality-work-with-5-6/33306>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** virtual-reality\
**Created:** [December 9, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/does-slicervirtualreality-work-with-5-6/33306 "2023-12-09T01:05:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![mikebind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@mikebind](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/mikebind)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/does-slicervirtualreality-work-with-5-6/33306/1 "2023-12-09T01:05:10Z")

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I have a colleague who is interested in trying SlicerVirtualReality for visualization of cardiac data. I don’t have any experience trying to use Slicer with VR because I don’t have the equipment, but I know I have seen examples here on the forum. However, SlicerVirtualReality does not show up on the list of possible extensions in the Extension Manager on 5.6. Is there currently an incompatibility?

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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:** [December 11, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/does-slicervirtualreality-work-with-5-6/33306/2 "2023-12-11T13:02:39Z")

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It is currently Windows only (it requires Steam and SteamVR). What operating system does your colleague use?

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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:** [December 11, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/does-slicervirtualreality-work-with-5-6/33306/3 "2023-12-11T16:09:11Z")

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Sorry it seems that currently it is not available on Windows either, see [CDash](https://slicer.cdash.org/index.php?project=SlicerStable&filtercount=1&showfilters=1&field1=buildname&compare1=63&value1=SlicerVirtualReality)

Apparently the extension was not updated to follow VTK updates. Engineers at Kitware are working to completely overhaul the backend of VR/AR in VTK (and thus Slicer), so it is possible that keeping the extension functional until then is not a priority.

Also worth following this: [No SlicerVirtualReality extension built for Slicer 5.6.0 (Windows) · Issue #126 · KitwareMedical/SlicerVirtualReality · GitHub](https://github.com/KitwareMedical/SlicerVirtualReality/issues/126)