Idea in the new SDK

[Tgaud]

Can we have in the service something like :
"Enable Destkop view in the rift" ?

Being able to have this, and still launch games from inside the rift ?

I know that currently we can't have two application using rift at the same time...
thats why it would be good to have this

a lot of ppl have to disable their monitor and run game from inside the rift. but without seing the desktop its very annoying.

[Dirtmuncher]

"Tgaud" wrote:
Can we have in the service something like :
"Enable Destkop view in the rift" ?

Being able to have this, and still launch games from inside the rift ?

I know that currently we can't have two application using rift at the same time...
thats why it would be good to have this

a lot of ppl have to disable their monitor and run game from inside the rift. but without seing the desktop its very annoying.

First person to make a virtual overlay for windows gets a cookie

[Tgaud]

what is important to precise is : some program able to show windows in the DK, without preventing the others DK binaries to be launched (as only can binary using DK2 can be executed at a time).

That's why i think the answer can only come from Oculus.

[obzen]

What'd be cool, is have the desktop as a virtual Desktop in the Rift 🙂 With DirectToRift, I wonder...

[SMaton]

Already exists (I only put 2 links):

Virtual Desktop
Deskope

[Tgaud]

"SMaton" wrote:
Already exists (I only put 2 links):

Virtual Desktop
Deskope

Does it work properly? if it does, and you can launch game directly from the rift, thats great.

[Tgaud]

Anyway the problem is still the same...

We still have to launch this desktop manager program from the desktop.. in the rift 😞

thats why it should be could to have this functionality natively, so that we are sure to never experience a 2d desktop usage in the rift.

[Alci]

That's far beyond SDK. And you basically don't want "windows", you're just asking for launcher. Like SteamVR is. It will come from Oculus/FB one day before consumer version is out.

[Tgaud]

"Alci" wrote:
That's far beyond SDK. And you basically don't want "windows", you're just asking for launcher. Like SteamVR is. It will come from Oculus/FB one day before consumer version is out.

Both actually.

As long as some computer need to disable the primary screen in order for the rift to work properly,
Its better to have something letting us use and configure the computer, directly inside the rift, without switching.

More over , briefly putting the rift on the forehead while looking on the primary screen, before putting it back, is very bad for the lenses.
hair and sweat get on the lenses, when the DK is on the forehead.

With this program, we will just let the rift on our eyes, or remove it, but we will not put it on the forehead anymore.