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>You can't just sit behind you desk, put on the glasses and start working.

I just sit behind my desk, put on the glasses and start working.

Maybe you’re not aware of the feature that both Meta Remote Desktop and Virtual Desktop offer, to auto-connect when the headset is put on. No friction.

OTOH, VD only permits 1 virtual display, and Meta RD offers 3x1080p ones, but both options are plenty sharp to work on.

The free Desktop+ overlay for SteamVR, however provides unlimited virtual displays of any resolution. That’s what I prefer, but it doesn’t have the auto-connect feature like the other 2.

Not sure what you think you need hand tracking for, I use my keyboard and mouse like I do without the headset.

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I've tried to use Meta Remote Desktop and it's full of bugs, e.g. it just can't keep being authenticated with my Meta account, so I can't use it at all, even though one of last updates mentioned the fix for this particular bug. I've also tried Virtual Desktop and it can't remember my Meta Quest username between restarts so I must always remember to enter the username.

Regarding hand tracking it's just more comfortable for me to use my hands to control MQ interface without looking for controllers every time I need to do something in VR.

It might work for your specific circumstances or maybe you're more tolerant to it's issues but as a whole it doesn't work for me at the moment. I've seen a few reviews of AVP and it seems to tick more boxes for me than MQ. But the problem right now are the price and Apple-only ecosystem, i.e. there's no way to use virtual desktops with non-Mac computers.

The thing is that the current state of VR regarding work inside it is still mostly for enthusiasts who are willing to tolerate early-adopters' issues and I'm not one of them. I need it to work flawlessly like a regular setup with a monitor.

Thanks for your reply.

> it just can't keep being authenticated with my Meta account. Virtual Desktop … can't remember my Meta Quest username … I must always remember to enter the username.

That would be a really rough experience, I’m sorry to hear that’s happening to you. I haven’t had to enter my username since the first time I launched either app, over a month ago.

I also use hand tracking to adjust the screens, but stick to keyboard and mouse for all my work on said virtual displays.

Thankfully the auto-connect feature works smoothly for me, so adjusting the position of displays is the only time I need to use the hand tracking.

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