virtual desktop and similar programs
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XSOverlay on Steam
XSOverlay is a Desktop Overlay application for OpenVR. It aims to be as intuitive as possible, minimalist and out of the way, but fully functional. XSOverlay conforms to your needs, and will adjust itself as such!
It will place virtual windows in your cockpit which you can assign to any app you have open. You can pin the virtual windows in any position and even alter their transparency. It also has a virtual keyboard. You have to use your controllers to position the windows or use the virtual keyboard.
I'm sure it will effect performance in the heavier areas of the game. I ran a few delivery missions last night while watching 720p TV episodes on VLC and found it better than other overlay tools I have tried. I guess give it a shot and refund in under two hours if you find the hit too much?
thanks, i will give it a shot
editne more question. can you also minimize the window when you dont need it or maybe even close it and then open it again with a button?
Yup, if you don't pin a window double tapping left A will close the window, double tapping again will bring it back up.
From my experience it is.
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WMR Windows Mixed Reality. Win 10 supports WMR natively without any special software or addons and MS are advancing it's capabilities far more aggressively than the 3PP environments I've used ( PimaxVR and SteamVR ). Like all MS products in emerging markets, their initial WMR versions were pretty ropey but now I wouldn't use anything else.
So... In the WMR rooftop apartment, I peeled one of the 20 foot tall web browsers off a wall and had it follow me into my cockpit in ED. However, it looked so incredibly out of place, it broke the immersion for me so I went back to using separate displays.
Accidentally put this in the wrong thread:
In looks so much better in (WM)reality but I've no way to record video. Looking through EDSY in Edge
The controller is only visible because I used it to take the picture. Normally I just use voice commands, e.g. 'Go to Start', 'Camera' etc.
And just because I like to plant things and WMR lets me; none of that grinding for ARX nonsense
If I every figure out how to do this in video so you can see it working, I'll post it.
The one big fundamental downside is that WMR only allows one object at a time, e.g. I can't have a cactus and a web browser. Could be I've set something wrong.
In looks so much better in (WM)reality but I've no way to record video. Looking through EDSY in Edge
The controller is only visible because I used it to take the picture. Normally I just use voice commands, e.g. 'Go to Start', 'Camera' etc.
And just because I like to plant things and WMR lets me; none of that grinding for ARX nonsense
If I every figure out how to do this in video so you can see it working, I'll post it.
The one big fundamental downside is that WMR only allows one object at a time, e.g. I can't have a cactus and a web browser. Could be I've set something wrong.
Actually, I'm not using any special program. This is all part of Win 10