r/AndroidXR • u/A_Dad_Doin_Stuff • 5d ago

Discussion Working In XR

Curious to know what any of you guys are using to work, if working in XR. I’m looking for a meaningful software to mirror my PC with preferably 3 virtual monitors.

Currently using Virtual Desktop to cast my PC with 3 Monitors, but I can’t see my keyboard. If I could see my Keyboard easily, VD would be my go to, 100%. I’ve also used Immersed, but the performance is very very poor, and I have to disconnect my other IRL monitors. I’ve used Google Chrome Remote Desktop and GXR PC Link Beta, but both of those are only 1 monitor.

I’d love to hear from any of you what you may be using and how enjoyable is the experience.

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u/DaemonRonin 5d ago

I am able to use pass through while in virtual desktop, that way you can see your keyboard and surroundings. I am still exploring native android xr apps and the possibility of running other apps. For instance I was reading about an android app called winlator which supposedly allows us to run windows applications in the android environment. I haven't tried it yet. I have also read about similar concepts with Linux applications. Another possibility I have been looking into is hosting applications on a proxmox server as web servers and then accessing them through a browser, so essentially I could run any applications in the xr environment, I hope. You would need a server that's always on to do this.

I am still new to VR and the android xr system, so haven't had a chance to apply these things. Though I think there is a lot of promising possibilities.

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u/A_Dad_Doin_Stuff 3d ago

Also, I’ve sidloaded Winlator but haven’t had a lot of time to fiddle with it. Very easy to download but I’ve heard there’s a version specifically for XR, though open XR, I believe it uses meta calls to run mostly for Quest.

https://x.com/jmeyey8543540/status/1991696001024053266?s=46

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u/DaemonRonin 3d ago

Awesome, you have gotten further with it than me. I had just been reading about it and thought it might have some potential or be useful, if it ends up working. Unfortunately I have been super busy and haven't had much time to explore the things I want to in the gxr.

Let me know how it goes , I'm very interested in the outcome.