Simple silly VR question

Mike1983 · 26 Jan 2021 at 20:40

Hi

I don’t have VR yet but intending to buy a Valve Index and will be running from an RTX 3090.

So I see some videos of people playing in VR whilst also outputting to a monitor so other people can see what they are seeing. I’m intending to use mine in a family setting so it would be good to be able to do this, outputting simultaneously to a 4K TV.

Is this simple to do? Does the main VR unit take an FPS / quality hit in doing so? Can it be configured so that the monitor / TV display is of a lower quality when using VR?

Thanks and sorry for the no doubt basic question.

ShiWarrior · 26 Jan 2021 at 21:19

well, my quest 2 linked to my PC automatically outputs on my monitor

Ravenger · 26 Jan 2021 at 21:55

Almost all PC VR games have a desktop window showing what's going on in the VR headset.

Craig R · 26 Jan 2021 at 22:07

Mike1983 said:
Hi

I don’t have VR yet but intending to buy a Valve Index and will be running from an RTX 3090.

So I see some videos of people playing in VR whilst also outputting to a monitor so other people can see what they are seeing. I’m intending to use mine in a family setting so it would be good to be able to do this, outputting simultaneously to a 4K TV.

Is this simple to do? Does the main VR unit take an FPS / quality hit in doing so? Can it be configured so that the monitor / TV display is of a lower quality when using VR?

Thanks and sorry for the no doubt basic question.

You can cast to your TV if you have a Chromecast device or an Amazon Firestick with the Airplay app installed

Captain_Bosh · 2 Feb 2021 at 11:41

Yeah Steam VR does this automatically. (assuming you are using the TV with your computer)