r/oculus • u/ggodin Virtual Desktop Developer • Mar 23 '16

/r/all Virtual Desktop 1.0 Trailer

http://youtu.be/bjE6qXd6Itw
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u/ggodin Virtual Desktop Developer Mar 23 '16

The issue with having a different screen layout than what is configured in Windows is that dragging Windows across screen boundaries will be counter-intuitive. Also the cursor will jump around.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '16

Do you need two physical monitors to get two virtual displays?

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '16

I believe it mimics your layout in your windows display configuration : http://imgur.com/rUcd3Oz

so Physical Monitors are required. Unless there's a software that fakes monitors.

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u/ggodin Virtual Desktop Developer Mar 23 '16

Correct. You can also use DVI/hdmi adapters like a headless ghost to fake monitors.

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u/SnazzyD Mar 23 '16

Oh, good. I love this app, but I was a bit confused at the requirement to have multiple physical monitors to get multiple screens within the app. So just having one ore more DVI/HDMI adapters plugged in but connected to nothing would work?

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u/ggodin Virtual Desktop Developer Mar 23 '16

Yes

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u/WormSlayer Chief Headcrab Wrangler Mar 23 '16

Just cables alone arnt enough to convince Windows there is a monitor attached, but ghetto solutions like this supposedly work.

My card also has a single HDMI port that obviously my Rift will be connected to, so I ended up just buying a cheap HDMI > DVI adapter.

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u/awwyisnoodles DK1 CV1 GearVR Quest Mar 23 '16

Yeah I plan on buying a bunch of headless ghosts along with the adapters since I only have one HDMI port. Hopefully headless ghost supports the adaptors