Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop, Inc.

About this app

Connect wirelessly to your computer(s) to watch movies, browse the web, play games on a giant virtual screen or stream PCVR games. Virtual Desktop is a highly optimized, native application developed for low latency, high quality streaming.

• Computer must be wired with Gigabit Ethernet cable to a 5 or 6 GHz router
• Supports most PCs and laptops running Windows 10 or 11, macOS Catalina or later
• PCVR game streaming requires a VR Ready PC running Windows 10 or 11
• Videos tab allows you to download or stream regular/180/360 videos directly from your computer
• Supports Bluetooth mice, keyboards and gamepads
• Supports 3D Side-by-Side / Over-Under content on screen
• Supports multi-monitors (physical and/or virtual)
• Includes a Microphone passthrough option
• Supports remote connections over the internet (enable UPnP on your router)

Ratings and reviews

For context I have been using virtual desktop for years on my Quest 2 and on Quest 3 and has been my go to PCVR streaming app. Unfortunately, on the GXR version there are some serious tracking issues that are definitely not typical with virtual desktop and something i've never experienced before. To be fair, the tracking on the GXR isn't the best, but these issues become worse once I load into virtual desktop. Hovering two feet off the floor with no controllers. Gets worse every day.

This needs face calibration to run at least once (Android settings > Avatars > Face tracking > Start calibration) for tracking data to fully work. I was confused why only eye tracking was working, maybe the app can add a reminder to do that when enabling tracking data? No problems after that, though!

Controller support is broken. play a game, when you return to Virtual Desktop the pointers no longer work and you have to quit VD and restart to get them working again.

What’s new

Welcome to Virtual Desktop! If you experience any issues, please visit the website at www.vrdesktop.net to check out the FAQ or reach out to us on Discord.

Changes in this version:
• Added Foveated streaming feature
• Improved color gradients and color accuracy with all codecs
• Added Gamepad vibration support
• Added adaptive quantization support with AMD GPUs using H.264/H.264+
• Added 21:9 resolutions for virtual monitor on macOS
• Significant performance improvements
• Many other bug fixes