VR ready PC towers have room for extra fans to keep today's souped-up, VR-compatible chips (CPUs and GPUs) running smoothly. Captured by Road to VRĪs with most SteamVR beta updates, this will eventually be released to everyone. Experts will tell you that to support the very latest, most complex and immersive VR environments (including VR games), a desktop PC is the way to go.
Once you close the SteamVR menu, any floating windows become ‘view only’ so that you don’t accidentally click something while you’re playing. When you have the SteamVR menu open you can interact with the windows like you’d expect by using your controller as the mouse pointer (though we’d love to see a keyboard button nearby each window in case there’s a need to enter text). Set the preferred graphics processor to 'High-performance Nvidia processor' globally ( see here). You can do the same to reattach it to your controller. If you have an Nvidia based laptop, right-click the desktop and click Nvidia Control Panel, then Manage 3D settings. If it’s attached to your controller you can grab the move button and ‘tear’ it off the controller to float anywhere.
In the latest version it’s easy to switch between docking a window to your controller or just letting it float. The beta also adjusts SteamVR’s virtual desktop UI so that you see more of your application window icons without needing to scroll. PSVR 2 Horror Shooter 'Switchback' Shows Off Unique Eye-tracking Uses in New Video This has been available for a long time with the Oculus PC software, and it’s great to see it finally coming to SteamVR too. The latest beta update, SteamVR 1.19.6, goes one step further and gives you the ability to float desktop windows anywhere around you while making them persistently visible during the game. Earlier this year they added the ability to open specific application windows (rather than your entire desktop) and even dock them to your controller so that they would always be visible inside of your VR game. Original Article (August 6th, 2021): Valve has been expanding the virtual desktop functionality of SteamVR in recent months. The original article, which explained the floating window feature in its beta form, continues below.
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Check out the complete update notes here. The update also includes a handful of smaller changes previously found in previous beta versions. Update (August 20th, 2021): After releasing the new floating desktop windows feature in beta earlier this month, Valve has released the feature to all users in SteamVR version 1.19.7. The latest update to SteamVR, version 1.19.7, adds a great new feature which lets you float desktop or application windows inside of your VR games so that they’re always in view.
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