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Is it possible to connect multiple HMDs to one PC?

Discussion in 'VR' started by otianh, Feb 19, 2019.

  1. otianh

    otianh

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    Is it possible to insert two HMDs in one PC and correspond each camera in the VR space?

    I want to make the VR content that two players experience in the same VR space while watching each other 's avatars.
    I would like to know the implementation method other than synchronizing with PhotonEngine on two PCs.
    HMD is considering Oculus Rift or HTC VIVE.
     
  2. Schneider21

    Schneider21

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    The Oculus runtime supports only one HMD per PC. I know nothing about the Vive platform, but a quick Google search suggests to me that while it may be possible to run multiple HMDs on a single PC, it isn't simple and is very taxing on the PC.

    There's a video of a fella running both a Rift and a Vive on one PC with a single graphics card. He doesn't show the game actually doing anything other than running, so there's no indication of how performance would be. I suspect it's a matter you'd best leave alone, though, and pursue standard multiplayer instead.
     
  3. MadeFromPolygons

    MadeFromPolygons

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    You would do this via networking not physically attaching to one pc