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One game, one PC, two Rifts
Is there any way to connect two Rifts to one PC and have them work independently of each other? Both as monitors should be simple, but how about both trackers? I'd like to order a second dev ki...
"owenwp" wrote:
... to get two instances of a game engine talking to each other. ...
This is where I was thinking of just one instance of the game running with two rifts. A game can use two displays without a problem, so I guess that would not be a problem with the Rift.
If the game designer is a small one-man indie like me, then being able to allow for two player mode within one instance of the game would make it really simple.
I can make a two player game with two gamepads, I can have two cameras on two screens of the same playing field. So in the end all I would need is combine my two cameras with two sets of tracking information and end up with a multiplayer experience. One I have at home and that should have the least bit of latency possible.
I admit I can not see how much effort from Oculus would have to be put into creating and maintaining such a solution. But as a small developer I think this would be awesome and as a gamer I think this would be even more awesome. I want more multiplayer stuff and this could just be it. And a perfect reason to have friends over and play with them in VR.
"cybereality" wrote:
I've asked the engineers about this and I was told it could be technically possible but is not supported at this time. Honestly, there are too many issues to solve and I doubt we will ever officially support this. Sorry.
The better option would be to just use two different machines and make the game networked.
Too bad. I understand it is the better (more flexible) option, but for most indies it is just too complex to do it. Especially for all those one-man developers. Even if I could use one of those ready-to-go solutions, I expect the latency issues to eat away too much development time.
Maybe you find the resources to give it a try.