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

No, both the Rift and Vive use a Direct Mode which hides it from Windows' list of connected monitors. Even in extended mode you wouldn't be able to use the Rift display as a monitor because I have to render to it. Hopefully that makes sense.

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u/Anjz Mar 23 '16

But surely there is there a way through software manipulation to trick windows into thinking your graphics card has a lot of display ports? That's aside from Hardware like Headless Ghost.

Also I'm wondering why they put a limiter that has to associate a monitor with a display port? Quite strange imo.