diff --git a/BUILD_ANDROID.md b/BUILD_ANDROID.md
index af28046412..42a54f45d4 100644
--- a/BUILD_ANDROID.md
+++ b/BUILD_ANDROID.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ You will need the following tools to build our Android targets.
 
 * [cmake](http://www.cmake.org/download/) ~> 3.1.0
   * Note that this is a newer version required than the minimum for hifi desktop targets.
+* [Qt](http://www.qt.io/download-open-source/#) ~> 5.4.0
+  * Note that this is a newer version required than the minimum for hifi desktop targets.
 * [ant](http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi) ~> 1.9.4
 * [Android NDK](https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html) = r10c
 * [Android SDK](http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index.html) ~> 24.0.2
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ This is most easily accomplished by installing all Android dependencies in the s
 
 ####Qt
 
-Install Qt 5.3 for Android for your host environment from the [Qt downloads page](http://www.qt.io/download/). Install Qt to ``$ANDROID_LIB_DIR/Qt``. This is required so that our root CMakeLists file can help CMake find your Android Qt installation. 
+Install Qt 5.4 for Android for your host environment from the [Qt downloads page](http://www.qt.io/download/). Install Qt to ``$ANDROID_LIB_DIR/Qt``. This is required so that our root CMakeLists file can help CMake find your Android Qt installation. 
 
 The component required for the Android build is the `Android armv7` component.
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6544b11114..e008cecd2c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ endif ()
 
 if (ANDROID)  
   if (NOT ANDROID_QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH)
-    set(QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${ANDROID_LIB_DIR}/Qt/5.3/android_armv7/lib/cmake)
+    set(QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${ANDROID_LIB_DIR}/Qt/5.4/android_armv7/lib/cmake)
   else ()
     set(QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${ANDROID_QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
   endif ()
diff --git a/gvr-interface/src/GVRInterface.cpp b/gvr-interface/src/GVRInterface.cpp
index 31ae20a0d3..ebedae1073 100644
--- a/gvr-interface/src/GVRInterface.cpp
+++ b/gvr-interface/src/GVRInterface.cpp
@@ -51,19 +51,6 @@ GVRInterface::GVRInterface(int argc, char* argv[]) :
     QTimer* idleTimer = new QTimer(this);
     connect(idleTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &GVRInterface::idle);
     idleTimer->start(0);
-    
-    // // setup our EGL context
-  //   const int windowDepth = 0;
-  //   const int windowSamples = 0;
-  //   const GLuint contextPriority = EGL_CONTEXT_PRIORITY_MEDIUM_IMG;
-  //   OVR::eglSetup_t egl = OVR::EglSetup(EGL_NO_CONTEXT, GL_ES_VERSION,
-  //       8, 8, 8, windowDepth, windowSamples, contextPriority);
-  //
-  //   if (egl.context == EGL_NO_CONTEXT) {
-  //       qDebug() << "WE HAD SOME DIFFICULTIES SETTING UP EGL!";
-  //   } else {
-  //       qDebug() << "EGL is good to go.";
-  //   }
 }
 
 void GVRInterface::idle() {
diff --git a/gvr-interface/src/GVRMainWindow.cpp b/gvr-interface/src/GVRMainWindow.cpp
index 04b29ad984..4ef55785f6 100644
--- a/gvr-interface/src/GVRMainWindow.cpp
+++ b/gvr-interface/src/GVRMainWindow.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include <AddressManager.h>
 
+#include "InterfaceView.h"
 #include "RenderingClient.h"
 
 #include "GVRMainWindow.h"
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ GVRMainWindow::GVRMainWindow(QWidget* parent) :
     baseWidget->setLayout(_mainLayout);
     
     setCentralWidget(baseWidget);
+    
+    // add the interface view
+    InterfaceView* interfaceView = new InterfaceView(baseWidget);
 }
 
 void GVRMainWindow::showAddressBar() {
diff --git a/gvr-interface/src/InterfaceView.cpp b/gvr-interface/src/InterfaceView.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f0645ccf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gvr-interface/src/InterfaceView.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//
+//  InterfaceView.cpp
+//  gvr-interface/src
+//
+//  Created by Stephen Birarda on 1/28/14.
+//  Copyright 2013 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+
+#include <QtCore/QDebug>
+
+#include "InterfaceView.h"
+
+InterfaceView::InterfaceView(QWidget* parent,  Qt::WindowFlags flags) :
+    QOpenGLWidget(parent, flags)
+{
+    qDebug() << "The interface view is alive!";
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gvr-interface/src/InterfaceView.h b/gvr-interface/src/InterfaceView.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1e1fae1d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gvr-interface/src/InterfaceView.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+//
+//  InterfaceView.h
+//  gvr-interface/src
+//
+//  Created by Stephen Birarda on 1/28/14.
+//  Copyright 2013 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+
+#ifndef hifi_InterfaceView_h
+#define hifi_InterfaceView_h
+
+#include <QtWidgets/QOpenGLWidget>
+
+class InterfaceView : public QOpenGLWidget {
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    InterfaceView(QWidget* parent = 0,  Qt::WindowFlags flags = 0);
+};
+
+#endif // hifi_InterfaceView_h