Overlay desktop over the current PCVR game
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Kelly
I often use my desktop while I'm next to friends in VRChat. If I want to see my friends, I can't use the Virtual Desktop UI, I need to use the Steam overlay.
Virtual Desktop has a better UI and better text rendering, and it sucks that I can't actually take advantage of that except when I'm launching or quitting VRC.
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3nigma
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Due to how VD composes the stream on the headset it is not possible to stream VR and Desktop at the same time
octave crete
I have made this requests in the past. I have also listed a workaround that does not require the steam overlay you might find interesting there: https://virtual-desktop.canny.io/feature-requests/p/desktop-overlay-in-vr-world
As I just commented in my old thread, I do believe it could be done well, by mixing the desktop and VR displays, on the PC side and have a single video stream to decode on the headset.
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mjcox24
You can double tap the menu button to switch between desktop and VR view while a game is running.
Sadly having a desktop window visible while in vr view would be impossible as the quest can't handle decoding the VR screen and desktop at onece.
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Darien
Have you looked at OVR Toolkit, which allows you to pull windows from your desktop into your VR environment, and place them anywhere in your VR space, opacity, etc. ?