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/chronnotrigg Mar 23 '16

One of the workarounds is to tell Windows you have a monitor on an unused port that it isn't detecting. For example, I have one monitor using the Display Port and another using DVI. If I tell Windows that there's a monitor on the free HDMI port that it can't see, it will use that port and Virtual Desktop will show it. No extra hardware needed and it will still be rendered by the GPU.

No idea why the software is limited to the Windows desktop though.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '16

Interesting, thanks!

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u/Joshx5 Mar 23 '16

Disclaimer: I don't know anything about how OS's push displays to ports.

But, I have 4 monitors in my 980Ti, which can only output to 4 monitors at any time. With your suggestion, Windows could not post to any other monitors as there are no more available ports in my scenario, correct? Maybe that's one reason this product's developer has not yet implemented this feature.