Frame Passthrough Shortcuts

Change Steam Frame passthrough modes from your controllers. Switch between translucent passthrough, which shows your surroundings alongside immersive VR content, and opaque passthrough, which only shows your surroundings.

It works with the Arcturus RGB camera! You can switch between RGB and monochrome cameras (Day and Night vision 😎).

After installing, launch Frame Passthrough Shortcuts once from Library → Non-Steam on the headset to enable SteamVR autostart.

Download the Linux ARM64 package if you prefer to install manually.

Controls

Gesture on either thumbstick	Action
Double-press	Toggle translucent / opaque passthrough
Hold for one second	Toggle Arcturus RGB camera / built-in monochrome cameras

These only work with the SteamVR dashboard closed!

Open passthrough first with its usual system button (double-press the headset side button or the Steam button on either controller)

All actions can be changed in SteamVR controller bindings → Frame Passthrough Shortcuts, including separate translucent, opaque, RGB, and monochrome actions.

Compatibility

• Runs locally on Steam Frame.
• Arcturus RGB camera is optional.
• Shortcuts require the SteamVR dashboard to be closed.
• Selecting monochrome only changes the camera source; it does not power off the Arcturus RGB camera.
• Camera switching uses SteamVR’s internal camera controls. Updates may affect compatibility. (Please report any issues)

Manual installation

Copy the Linux ARM64 ZIP to the Frame, connect over SSH, and run:

unzip -oq ~/frame-passthrough-shortcuts-0.1.0-linux-arm64.zip -d ~/devkit-game/Frame_Passthrough_Shortcuts
~/devkit-game/Frame_Passthrough_Shortcuts/frame-passthrough-shortcuts --install

--install registers the OpenVR manifest and enables SteamVR autostart. To remove the registration, package files, bindings, and app settings:

~/devkit-game/Frame_Passthrough_Shortcuts/frame-passthrough-shortcuts --uninstall

Build

On Linux ARM64, with CMake and a C++17 compiler installed:

cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build --parallel
node scripts/package.mjs --build-dir build --platform linux-arm64

Packaging requires Node.js and writes ZIP archives and SHA-256 checksums to dist/.

MIT licensed.

AI disclosure: Developed with assistance from coding agents.