Virtual Desktop 1.0 - Now available on Steam

[guygodin]

Virtual Desktop is a little utility that improves your VR experience on the desktop. By efficiently replicating your desktop into the Rift, the application allows you to see your desktop on a giant virtual screen. You can browse the web, watch movies or even play non-VR games. It also allows you to launch VR games and resume from them without having to take your headset off.




After you launch Virtual Desktop, a tray icon will appear in your taskbar. From there you can manage your list of games, change your settings.




You can also drag & drop executables or shortcuts to add more games to your list.

Requirements
- Windows 8 or 10
- Oculus 1.3 Runtime

Latest Changes
- Added ability to browse 360 photos
- Added mirror to monitor feature

Follow the link below to access the store page
Official website

[hlabbe]

First off, awesome piece of SW guygodin :)! I started using free versions of VDT back when Oculus SDK 0.4 was out and just purchased the full version as soon as Oculus SDK 1.3 was released :).

Now, I mainly purchased VDT for its great 360 videos playback capabilities. Now and then, I find some content that just does not look right, e.g. people look too big, L and R stereo images seem to be swapped, etc...

Anyhow, what would be really great to have are the following tweaks/advanced parameters for the 360 video player:

a) zoom and/or FoV control

b) swap L and R images when viewing SBS content.

c) enable semi-transparency for the VDT GUI whenever 360 video/photo is being rendered

Thx :)!

[Anonymous]

and plz support mkv files! can't play it 😞

[SkateZilla]

Man I Wish this was Supported on Windows 7...

[vop63]

One_shot2013 said:

I'm having an issue when I do the "Paste URL". It says "Failed to download video: Error: Unable to download webpage..." I have the 1.3 runtime with my DK2 installed. I can do everything else with it, but not watch 3D videos from youtube. Can you help 

I'm having exactly the same issue. I have Ocusus runtime 1.3.1 and Virtual Desktop 1.0.1. Any ideas how to resolve this issue?

[Duckers_McQuack]

Anyone knows why the steam version won't start at all? I have tried everything, but noting works...

[Protocol7]

Thanks for Virtual Desktop, it is a must-buy

[Nyxo]

Virtual Desktop seems to work perfectly for everything except the 360 videos, for me. I've tried opening a local video, as well as pasting a youtube URL, both result in the same thing: The video starts "playing" (The background changes from nebula to black, and I see the thumb moving along the bottom of the screen), and I can hear the audio, but there is no video -- it just stays black.

I'm using a DK2 in Win10 with Runtime 1.3 -- any thoughts?

[ElBruce]

Hello, before buying Virtual Desktop, i have one question : is the player can play 360 videos with external subtitles (in srt). i'm using a DK2 in Win10 with Runtime 0.8. Thanks at advance.

[guygodin]

There is no subtitle support for the integrated video player at the moment.

[MartinV]

bought VD 1.0.5 today on Steam. Using the Oculus Rift DK2 with the Runtime 1.5.0.240083 on Windows 10.

The Headset works with the Oculus Home but when i start the Virtual desktop App it says:

Virtual Desktop does not support you current aktive Headset. (tell me in German)

Any Advice?