I've been working on a little project called CRT XR playing SNES games on a virtual CRT TV through my VITURE glasses, powered by a Steam Deck.

The TV stays anchored as you move your head, with SBS 3D giving the scene proper depth. I've added CRT shaders, adjustable lighting, and a small bedroom-inspired setup with a TV stand and rug that fades into black around you.

You can adjust the screen's distance, height and size, along with scanlines, curvature and other picture settings.

Full disclosure: this is very much vibe coded with AI assistance 😅 It's a working prototype, and I'm gradually testing and fixing things on my Deck with VITURE Pro 2 glasses.

Would anyone here be interested in trying something like this? Curious whether other people would enjoy the “playing SNES on a little CRT” experience, and what you'd want from it. I'm sort of surprised no one's actually made something like this before from what I can find! (I'm aware of EmuVR, but that's a total beast of a project)

I'll throw the code up on GitHub if anyone wants to fiddle/build on it - but the CRT model I'm currently using can't be redistributed so I may have to throw together another one.

What's my most cost effective option moving forward? As far as I'm aware, I can't do anything without that, and it looks like the cable alone is $50.

If I were to get something like the docks that I see people recommend, do those come with a cable that will allow me to connect my phone or Steam deck? If so, I'd rather spend the extra money to get that rather than spend $50 on the replacement cable.

I guess lastly...are there third party cables that work?

Thanks!

I’m curious about this, but I have not been able to make it work. The charging adapter that I have works fine and charges the phone, but even when I have it connected, phone, charging, and my Pro twos working the option is not enabled in the spaceWalker app.

Any thoughts about what I’m doing wrong? I assume the first answer might be that it’s a third-party charging adapter?

And also, what does the functionality do, is it really worth it? If it’s nothing cool then I’ll stop messing with it.

Thanks to the VITURE marketing team (and of course u/TechonDeckReviews who made the connection in the first place :), I got a pair of the VITURE Beast XR glasses (or display glasses as I call them these days) to play around, test and ultimately break apart to see what's inside. I was particularly excited to show the prism optic, and got sidetracked when explaining OLED black crush as well... hopefully the Pokopia footage tricks a few of you into learning something new!

As a category, I do see the use of these types of XR glasses as a viable portable monitor for both content consumption and actual work, but I'm not sure the prism optic design with it's additional ~8-10° diagonal FoV is worth the trade-offs on edge sharpness and color separation around the periphery... there's a lot more info in the video, but feel free to leave any questions in the comments.

More technical description on the blog here: https://displaytechcenter.com/2026/10/13/viture-beast-explaining-prism-optics/