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Rift on screen 1, normal camera on screen 2
Hey guys, I'd like here to expose a setup that I have in mind and have your advice on this... I would like to know if it is possible to have a Unity scene with an OVRplayercontroller to output i...
Thank you for your answers.
I also believe that using a multiplayer networked system is the best, for the following reasons:
- it does not require double rendering, so less load on the main machine (in fact you have 2 PCs)
- you can have a separated camera, seeing a totally different image from the main Rift display
- if PC B (for monitoring) crashes, PC A still works
- if PC B is not used, PC A works
- you can have an unlimited number of normal monitors or Rifts (each one having its own PC)
The only "problem" is that it requires more PCs and some setup (software setup for multiplayer + hardware).
I'll still give a try to multi-window rendering to see what the FPS is. On a good workstation, it might be ok to provide Rift display in 1280x800 + monitoring display in lower res like 1024*768. it is just for monitoring...
I also believe that using a multiplayer networked system is the best, for the following reasons:
- it does not require double rendering, so less load on the main machine (in fact you have 2 PCs)
- you can have a separated camera, seeing a totally different image from the main Rift display
- if PC B (for monitoring) crashes, PC A still works
- if PC B is not used, PC A works
- you can have an unlimited number of normal monitors or Rifts (each one having its own PC)
The only "problem" is that it requires more PCs and some setup (software setup for multiplayer + hardware).
I'll still give a try to multi-window rendering to see what the FPS is. On a good workstation, it might be ok to provide Rift display in 1280x800 + monitoring display in lower res like 1024*768. it is just for monitoring...