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Bigscreen update now supports multiple monitors

17 February, 2017 - shanks

Release notes for today's Bigscreen update

How multiple monitor works today

supports up to 3 monitors today, all must be connected to the same graphics card as the VR headset
each virtual monitor can be scaled, curved, and positioned independently
requires Oculus Touch, HTC Vive, or the Oculus Remote to scale and move the monitors
works in both single-player and multiplayer
in multiplayer, only the Primary desktop will stream (coming soon, see below)
the 2D UI only affects the Primary display (coming soon)
features like SBS 3D only work on the Primary display (coming soon)

Planned improvements for multi-monitor

In the next few months, we plan to improve multiple monitor:

"infinite monitors"
multiple GPU support, including SLI/Crossfire
support for laptops with Nvidia Optimus
2D UI for controlling all monitors if you don't have Touch/Vive/Remote
select which display to stream in multiplayer (or streaming all displays)

Emulating or virtual monitors

Don't have physical monitors? No problem!

Plug in a headless ghost dongle ($15) into your graphics card to emulate a monitor
Instead, if your monitor has multiple input ports, you can simply plug in an extra cable into your monitor and graphics card
Or, use software like Spacedesk[spacedesk.ph] to emulate a software display.

Roadmap major features in the works, the current priorities are:

performance fixes (see below)
a new cinema environment
desktop audio streaming improvements and bug fixes
better FPS in multiplayer streaming (new streaming tech is coming!)
avatar improvements

A note on performance
We have noticed significantly worse performance of Bigscreen on many PCs. We've traced this back to a bad update from November and we're working on a fix now. Terribly sorry about the terrible performance – it's a bug and will be fixed soon!

If you love us, please leave us a review on Steam If you have any issues or bugs, please email us, or post on our Steam forums.

We're also hiring designers and developers[bigscreenvr.com] so come join the team!

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11 Comments

Mutoit 7 Mar, 2017 @ 2:20am

how to add more monitors ?

Mutoit 7 Mar, 2017 @ 1:30am

amazing, thanks !!!

Touch Me 5 Mar, 2017 @ 9:17am

hey men just wanted to say thanks for the update hands down one of my fav in the vive you made watching netflix and movies a blast

Kornbredkilla 4 Mar, 2017 @ 8:58am

love this but my cpu is always at 100% but only in big screen I have an i56600k oc to 4.5 ghz its fine in any other ap or task but in big screen its throttled is there a fix for this or one on the way ?

ALBANO 1 Mar, 2017 @ 1:42am

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ῥᾄἷᾗ&мἷṩἔʀẏ 20 Feb, 2017 @ 9:32am

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Jerkamie 19 Feb, 2017 @ 9:21am

evorm you should never encourange something to start charging

JorgenRe 17 Feb, 2017 @ 12:14pm

Rawr: "Or, use software like Spacedesk[spacedesk.ph] to emulate a software display."

WOhooo! Finally i will be able to experience how a multi monitor setup is :D! Coding with multi monitors here i come

evorm 17 Feb, 2017 @ 11:29am

i would gladly pay for the cinema environment

smartbombradio 17 Feb, 2017 @ 8:44am

Love it. I love being the streamer but I hate not having a monitor to fook about with while we watch. This will be perfect. Please keep it up - would also love to get a 5 or 6 person room.

(I'd also be willing to pay for like cosmetic DLC or something to support development. Premium hats or whatever. I'd throw a few bucks in.)

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