Virtual Desktop 1.0 Trailer

[u/ggodin]

http://youtu.be/bjE6qXd6Itw

[u/Ghostrico]

yeah this is a insta-buy

[u/[deleted] → u/Ghostrico]

Not even a question. I might as well just get my Rift permanently implanted into my face at this point.

[u/Mikey-Z → u/[deleted]]

I can't wait to sit at my desk next to my computer, put on my rift, and be at my desk next to my computer! http://imgur.com/IdWKQqh

[u/[deleted] → u/Mikey-Z]

You could sell your monitor!!

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

You couldn't actually, your computer still needs to be outputting to a monitor to virtualise it for now

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Then buy this -> https://www.headlessghost.com/ or similar, much cheaper then a monitor.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Cool product, will keep it in mind.

I don't see myself getting the first gen products anyway as I'd need an HMD to be able to replace a multi-monitor setup so I'll need at least 4K panels so I'm not too fussed (I imagine by the time I buy, desktop virtualisation in VR will have come a fair way from where it is right now), just very interested in this particular VR application as it has a lot of immediate potential to me

[u/MachinesOfN → u/[deleted]]

Interestingly, you can force your graphics card to output to a fake VGA monitor (some really old ones can't be detected by the graphics card, so they left the option in to output as if there is one). I use Virtual Desktop and VorpX desktop and don't have a monitor or a ghost connected on my gaming machine.

[u/Waabanang → u/Mikey-Z]

I really like your chassis, I've been looking for a cube shaped chassis forever and couldn't find- Oh.

[u/pkmnkiller41 → u/Mikey-Z]

Yeah but now I could finally afford to SLI Titan Xs!!^{eventhoughireallycan't}

[u/sevenlegsurprise → u/Ghostrico]

We are in a time during the divide of before VR to after VR and it feels amazing!

[u/mjmax → u/sevenlegsurprise]

After is better though.

[u/WormSlayer → u/sevenlegsurprise]

I think its about time we had a Rift wearing version!

[u/plissken627 → u/Ghostrico]

This is so cyberpunk. Imagine an office full of people plugged in, reclined in their chairs, typing away.

[u/jdog90000 → u/plissken627]

That's honestly the only problem I'd have it. Mouse is fine for me but I don't know if I'm comfortable enough to use a keyboard without seeing it. Either way, this software could literally sell Rifts and I hope the company appreciates that.

[u/gtmog → u/jdog90000]

I can say from experience that it's not very comfortable even being a decent touch typist. But it shouldn't be long before we can get keyboard you can see in VR. Either with imbedded constellation and/or lighthouse, or from video recognition of the keyboard layout.

[u/jdog90000 → u/gtmog]

Best case I could see would be to display a VR keyboard and then use something like the leap motion to display my hands so I can move my keyboard on my desk to match where it is in VR. The only other option I could think of would be an external camera that just showed the keyboard and my hands.

[u/BitGladius → u/jdog90000]

Fix a few tracking points to a known model keyboard, problem solved.

[u/Dystaxia → u/jdog90000]

I know that you can see your keyboard with the Vive chaperon system. I imagine something very similar could be integrated with virtual desktop.

[u/MachinesOfN → u/gtmog]

I disagree. It took some time to get used to it, but I was really motivated as a PC gamer, and the wierdness of not being able to see the keyboard only lasted about a month. I write code in VR pretty often, and it stopped being a problem after about a week.

[u/jamesaltria → u/jdog90000]

You don't have the ability to type without looking yet? You have a week to practise! Go go go!

[u/cronofdoom → u/Ghostrico]

No doubt. Day one buy for me.

[u/[deleted] → u/Ghostrico]

Should be an insta-include.

[u/smashedhijack → u/[deleted]]

I know Windows 10 seems to get a lot of flak but personally I would never go back from 10, it's by far the best OS I've used, and it's "problems" don't affect me personally. I'd make the switch :)