I've been experimenting with Tracked Keyboard (Logitech MX Keys Mini) and Workrooms recently and have noticed a few UX/usability issues. The tracked keyboard communicates directly with the Quest, which makes perfect sense if you plan to use it as a direct input while using the Quest. However in Workrooms, when you bring your PC (or Mac in my case) in to the workroom, the keyboard does not control the PC. This is a major source of friction from a usability/UX perspective.
A possible solution, and hence the feature request, would be to integrate the tracked keyboard with Meta's Remote Desktop app as the intention in this scenario is to control and directly input in to the PC. This way the user sees the keyboard (passthrough), the keystrokes are inputted directly to the PC, and Remote Desktop can pass keyboard events, positioning, etc. to the Quest.
It does throw up the issue of two modes of Tracked Keyboard (one directly to Quest, the other to Remote Desktop), however cognitively this is easier for a user to manage than having two separate keyboards on the same desk (one for the Quest another for the PC), or to have the disconnect that the Tracked Keyboard doesn't directly control the applications on the PC that are brought in to Workrooms.
I'd also like that possibilty and I don't understand why tracked keyboards are just limited to two use cases: Bluetooth connection with the headset and remote apps. This actually shouldn't be an issue if keyboard tracking and connection were decoupled. Those are two separate things, so having tracking support, regardless of what device the keyboard is connected to, would be very helpful.
I agree and am seeking a solution for this across the various workroom platforms out there. In my particular use case, I have a workstation (can be desktop or laptop) that I have hard-wired to my keyboard, mouse, monitors, ethernet, etc. I want to be able to move to a different place in my physical environment, for example my kitchen table. With the recent updates in pass-through and hand tracking, I can rely on my hands and can leave the remotes behind. This leaves me with my productivity peripherals. My tracked keyboard (Logitec MX Keys) and a bluetooth mouse that is also connected.
So far, I have found Meta Workrooms to be the easiest environment to jump in and out of. It would be great if the virtual monitors had some sort of persistance, since it resets back to 1 virtual monitor if the device is set down for too long. What is not working is described well by Dave on the original post. The tracked keyboard does not interact with my remote desktop. This functionality is pretty common with all other remote desktop applications, like Splashtop, TeamViewer, and others in that class.
Ideally, keyboard, mouse, vr controls, and hand-tracking input would be passed along to the virtual environment.
