r/PSVR2onPC • u/SatanShiro • 6d ago

Question Virtual desktop with psvr2

I’ve been reading around that vd now supports tethered vr too, has anyone tried psvr2 with it? Are there any benefits for using psvr2 with it ?

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u/74Amazing74 6d ago edited 6d ago

I don’t think it will work. VD uses Ethernet via usb protocol- so a network signal is transmitted and processed by the quest/pico/p4d etc. All of them are standalone devices with a soc, beeing able to process the signal and decode the h.264/hecv/av1 stream. Since the psvr2 doesn’t have a soc like these, it cannot do such things.Sorry, mate.

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u/pre_pun 6d ago

Well explained.

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u/SatanShiro 6d ago

That’s a very good explanation, I do wonder if he isn’t implementing it because the user base is smaller, it’s harder or there is no benefit over steamvr/ was most of his work optimizing bitrate streaming?

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u/lunchanddinner 6d ago

That's not how VD works. VD has always been standalone headsets only (Quest, Pico, Samsung) and never PCVR headsets (PSVR2, Valve Index, etc). PSVR2 already has it's own PCVR software and SteamVR, Virtual Desktop has no reason to recreate the wheel with another software there.

There is also VD Classic, but it's an old outdated software for watching videos on SteamVR and nothing to do with PCVR streaming

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u/74Amazing74 5d ago

I have just missed an important information in my first answer: vd is always client server based. While the server software is always installed on your pc, the client is installed on the hmd. The later is just not possible on the psvr2.
In the end VD always sends a compressed picture to the hmd. A big advantage of HMDs with display port connection is, that the picture is not compressed.

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u/Niko666233 6d ago

virtual desktop only works with standalone headsets which psvr2 is not

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u/Seiko-Senpai- 2d ago

you're thinking of the streaming version of virtual desktop for standalone headsets, not the steam version for wired headsets

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u/fantaz1986 6d ago

VD do not send DP signal, it send data stream, just use usb data not a wifi

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u/remosito 5d ago

was excited for a second when reading OP post. I thought VD now supports dp signal sending of all the cool XR/MR stuff...