# LIV

> LIV makes camera and capture software for virtual reality. Its free SDKs let Unity and Unreal developers put controllable cameras, recording, screenshots, and live streaming inside games, while its Steam app handles the older mixed-reality trick of compositing a real player or avatar into a PCVR world. The company began with an unwieldy green-screen cube, learned that hardware distribution was the wrong battle, and became the official capture partner for Meta Quest.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** AJ Shewki (Co-founder and CEO), Steffan Donal (Co-founder and CTO)
- **Products:** LIV Steam App, LIV Creator Kit, LIV SDK for Mixed Reality and Avatar, LIV Hub, Project Spatial
- **Notable:** Became Meta's official recommended capture solution for Quest in a multi-year partnership announced in June 2024., Integrated in 300+ Quest apps, according to current LIV documentation., Reports 1M+ monthly active users and 100M+ videos generated annually across integrations.

## Products & services

- **LIV Steam App** — Free PCVR creator software for mixed-reality compositing, avatar capture, in-headset chat, and stabilized first-person footage; it works with the PCVR LIV SDK.
- **LIV Creator Kit** — A cross-platform SDK for user-spawnable cameras, screenshots, on-device video, and live streaming in Meta Quest and PCVR games, with Unity support and Unreal support in public beta.
- **LIV SDK for Mixed Reality and Avatar** — The PCVR SDK that lets developers support LIV's signature real-person and avatar compositing workflow through the Steam app.
- **LIV Hub** — A 2D Meta Quest app that manages streaming settings, social account connections, and direct broadcasts from the headset.
- **Project Spatial** — A free pre-alpha experiment that records Gorilla Tag sessions as explorable 3D memories, viewable on Steam and Quest.
- **LIV Productions** — A full-stack trailer studio that uses LIV capture technology to make VR game trailers for developers and publishers.

## Achievements

- Became Meta's official recommended capture solution for Quest in a multi-year partnership announced in June 2024.
- Integrated in 300+ Quest apps, according to current LIV documentation.
- Reports 1M+ monthly active users and 100M+ videos generated annually across integrations.
- More than 15% of users record content with LIV in an integrated app, with an average of 18 videos per recording user, according to LIV's July 2025 data.
- Gorilla Tag alone produces more than one million LIV videos in a month, according to LIV's 2025 review.
- Photo mode produced more than 1.5 million screenshots in its first three weeks.
- Supports both Unity and Unreal Engine, standalone Meta Quest, and SteamVR/PCVR workflows.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — LIV Camera streaming from Quest became free, removing the subscription requirement introduced during the 2025 launch.
- **2026-02** — LIV clarified its two-SDK strategy: Creator Kit for native Quest and PCVR capture, and the PCVR SDK for real-person or avatar compositing through the Steam app.
- **2025-12** — LIV Creator Kit for Unreal Engine entered public beta with Quest support, photo mode, video recording, several camera modes, and up to 1080p/60fps capture.
- **2025-09** — Project Spatial entered public pre-alpha, letting users record Gorilla Tag sessions as explorable 3D scenes on Steam and view them on Steam or Quest.
- **2025-07** — LIV reported 2,082 apps showing Creator Kit SDK activity, with roughly 7% publicly launched, and disclosed adoption data from its first six months.
- **2024-12** — The custom LIV Creator Kit camera shipped in Gorilla Tag's holiday update.
- **2024-06** — Meta named LIV its recommended Quest mixed-reality capture partner and said it would replace its own prior MRC experience with LIV tooling.

## Links

- Website: https://www.liv.tv/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/liv
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/liv
- GitHub: https://github.com/LIV
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@liv
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/liv.tv
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liv
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liv

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Last updated: 2026-09-28