> poleview_bridge
The PC side of live racing
Recordings play in the headset with no PC at all. For live racing, this one small program lets the headset find the data feed on your PC — same WiFi, nothing to type.
Free · Windows 10/11 · 154 MB · no installer
Extract the folder first, then run PoleView-Bridge.exe from inside it. Windows lets you open a program straight out of a .zip, but the bridge needs the files next to it — run it from the extracted folder and keep them together.
> windows_will_warn_you
Windows will warn you. Here is exactly what to do, and why.
You will see “Windows protected your PC”. Click More info, then Run anyway. The More info link is small and easy to miss — it is the only way to reach the button.
Why it happens: PoleView Bridge is not code-signed. A code-signing certificate requires a registered company and costs a few hundred pounds a year, which a free fan-made project does not have yet. Windows shows this warning for every unsigned program, regardless of what it does — it is not a judgement about this one.
Do not just take our word for it — verify the file.
Anyone telling you to click past a security warning owes you a way to confirm what you are running. This is that way. In PowerShell, in your Downloads folder:
Get-FileHash .\PoleView-Bridge.zip -Algorithm SHA256
The result must be exactly:
d7b151691489f0841e8ee45b4ff145e3a1fc5684069f0d7a6c9a4fc1ed01df2d
If it does not match, do not run the file — you did not get ours. (Machine-readable copy: PoleView-Bridge.zip.sha256.)
> what_it_actually_does
What the bridge does — so the warning is not a mystery
- Watches for a racing data feed already running on your PC, and broadcasts this PC's address on your local network so the headset can find it — nothing to type in VR.
- Reads a public timing feed so the in-headset leaderboard fills in.
- Mirrors video windows that are already open on your PC onto the screens in the headset, when you turn SCREENS on. It sends them over your own network to your own headset — it does not stream anything from the internet, and nothing leaves your PC.
- Nothing else: no install, no startup entry, no system changes. Close the window and it is gone.
> first_run
Two things on first run
- Say yes to the Windows firewall prompt — tick Private networks. If the prompt is dismissed, Windows silently blocks the headset from ever reaching the PC. The bridge notices after about 45 seconds and tells you how to fix it.
- Turn off any VPN. A headset cannot reach a VPN address; the bridge names the VPN address when it sees one.
Then put the headset on — PoleView finds the PC by itself. Full walkthrough: how it works.