Connecting Vive to PC remotely

[Rin]

Here's my dilemma. My PC is on the 3rd floor with absolutely no room for room scale. On the other hand, I have a mostly empty garage on the 1st floor that's about 16 square metres perfect for room scale.

Moving my main PC is not an option, so I'm wondering if there's some way that I can seamlessly connect my Vive to PC from the first floor, allowing me to use my PC on 3rd floor and Vive on 1st floor depending on my needs. I realise that I may have to run between floors if I have to operate my PC while using Vive, and that's fine.

I'm more than happy to consider buying additional hardware (short of a whole new PC). Is there some sort of hub or streaming that will make this happen? Thanks.

[=CrimsoN=]

Streaming isn't possible.

Someone else had the same problem a couple weeks ago. Basically the only thing you can do is have an extended wire setup. You'd basically need extra long USB cables or extenders, extra long HDMI cables and somewhere along the way, a power adapter.

Someone else around here might be able to better explain, but you basically have to have a connection between the VIVE, link box and computer.

[Polytricktian]

I bought a new PC case with a handle so that I can move my PC from my office upstairs to my living room downstairs on a regular basis.

[Snake0iler]

Streaming has too much latency for VR. USB and HDMI have too much signal loss over about 6 meters so it's all about moving your PC at this time.
I did see somwhere where people were using enterprise cabling. Connecting HDMI and USB to gigabit ethernet through adapters and singnal amplifiers and it is working over long distances (up to 30 meters I believe) but even then there is USB lag and HDMI jittering. Not bad for a monitor but it will make you sick in VR

[primcrew]

why cant you move your computer? for me i didnt want 2 computers so i went to a mini itx case and i can move it around pretty goood