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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.splashtop.remote.pad.v2
Allows you to control your PC from your phone / tablet (there is also an iOS version), even after boot on the login screen. It needs to be in the same WIFI network as the PC though.
I just tried setting it up and yeah it was all sorts of out of sync. It was very choppy and the video was lagging way behind. (like 2-5 seconds) I'm going to mess with it some more, might just be some settings that need to be adjusted here and there to make it better but I am curious what settings he is running for it.
EDIT: For anyone interested in trying this themselves I found that Splashtop worked the best(in terms of its super easy setup and intuitive UI, to its low background usage, almost no lag streaming, and its free for your home network). You can just download their streaming tool from their website(top right next to login) and install that to your computer. Then all you have to do is create an account, use it to log in on the streaming tool and your done. Download the splashtop personal app on your phone, log in and connect. Simple, easy and has been working for me without any major issues. The only thing I've noticed being an issue is you can't go fullscreen but this can be semi-fixed by simply zooming in on the VN window. Anyways figured I'd share what I found to be the best for me and maybe anyone else who was curious to use this method themselves.
You can look into apps that mirror the PC's screen to your phone. (I used Splashtop in the past but there may be better ones out there). Alternatively if you just want to annotate on things you can activate clipboard sync in Microsoft Your Phone, open a note in Samsung Notes, take screenshots of what you want to annotate on your PC, paste it in Samsung Notes and annotate them that way.
Edit: I was going to post the above comment but then decided to make a search and this app came up. A lot of reviews say it doesn't work but I tried it and it does work for me. You should run an adblocker while using it this since there's a banner ad covering part of the interaction area
I'm not sure if it still works, but there's a client called "Splashtop" that allows you to do that. I used to use it to play Don't Starve on my phone before it was released on the Play Store.
Edit: Here's the link.
second monitor on my phone screen. use to use mobile chrome on the centura but i just found it to be too laggy after awhile. of course that section isn't immune to lag overall.
It depends on what you need that second display for. Splashtop for example is super reliable and works great in its free version over WIFI. You can even enter your login password with it during the boot up process of Windows. Its super stable as well, I use it for years on multiple Windows PC w/o a problem.
It is however not suited for low latency high framerate usage like games. I haven't done much video watching with it but one low quality site that doesn't work on Android for some reason (SFdebris) but I think video quality is also not high enough to get transparent BluRay Quality or something.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.splashtop.remote.pad.v2
For streaming games (and possibly watching videos in better quality than Splashtop) you could use Moonlight, but it only works if the host PC has a Nvidia GPU.
I'd like to throw in mention of the Splashtop app. Personally I found it more useful than Moonlight for games, & since it does the entire desktop you can pretty much do whatever you'd like.
I've used Splashtop before I got a nvidia card. It worked well for me on the same network, and worked alright when out and about. I heard some people has mixed results but Splashtop at one point were saying they were partnered with amd at one point...
$16 yearly subscription for the Productivity pack which enables onscreen buttons. $32 if you want remote access.
Pretty much any iPad or Android tablet works(not phones though).
It doesn't emulate a second screen, but I use Splashtop on my Android devices. Touch screen emulation works like a charm. If you had separate software on the PC side to set up a second virtual monitor you could achieve the same effect completely. I haven't used such software in years, but I know that virtual monitor drivers exist.
Splashtop : RDP / Remote Desktop. It has a paid version that works over the internet but its awesome. Can play civilization on the tablet through it. Watch movies etc. Google Remote Desktop is good but it lacks in quality and it has no sound unlike this app.
Airstream : I can download stuff on my computer and stream it directly to my tablet audio and video, even pictures. Helpful because you dont have to transfer stuff to your tablet just stream it directly on your tablet.
Airdroid : Mirrors your android onto your PC. Can reply to msgs. Transfer files from your Pc easily. It also has GPS incase you lose your phone and you can remote wipe and lock it. Paid version can take pictures over the net. I think its better than android device manager with a bunch of other perks
I was going to recommend Trinus VR but then I realised you want to use your regular PC on your mobile VR.
I wouldn't use Teamviewer right now, a lot of people have had issues with that right now being hacked.
Have you tried Splashtop?
Well I have pretty much the same situation, double everything because me and my wife have the same stuff. I will just tell how I work with them.
PC to Android you can use stuff like Splashtop to use your PC from any Android, like a remote desktop of sorts. Sometimes I use it to leave my PC on like downloading stuff and I can check the progress and control it from my tablet on bed or living room or anywhere.
I think it can do the opposite as well.
I use the tablet mostly for games and browsing at home when PC is off, and phone when I am away from home, so I keep everything synced on Google, so I can see open tabs on chrome on any device, sync mail, messages etc. You can use some chat apps on PC and vice-versa, Whatsapp or Facebook (messenger) comes to mind.
I use chromecast to mostly cast videos to my TV since the TV is kind of old and does not support some formats, but sometimes I cast apps. The most weird thing I ever did was remote-control my computer from the tablet, and use chrome cast on the computer to cast the computer to chromecast on the TV, basically making me see on the TV my PC and use the tablet as a remote control.
And for really power users you can use Tasker to automate stuff to the level of having it communicate between devices. For instance, I can automate when my tablet and phone are close together, or when either is near home (wifi) to know if I am home or not, I use tasker with location services to keep my and my wife's "general about" (usually city district) online, and the tablet will speak out when we move, like "Wife moved to town center" or "Wife is near home" ... it is not stalker, it is more like we don't need to message when we left work or are almost home while not giving exact positions. I also use tasker to keep all my devices battery levels on a centralized webpage, and again, the tablet will warn whenever any device is low on battery. All of these only possible thanks to a web script I put on my site to keep those variables and read/write with tasker. I even have actions for when the phone detects the car's Bluetooth so it knows I am going for a ride, or just left the car. (cheesy stuff: phone says "let's ride" if I get close to my car)
Other than that, I really think the main thing to learn from it is: there is no problem you don't use them all at the same time, they are supposed to be used separated anyway =p Smartphone when on the move, Tablet when at home for simple things/games/bed, PC for serious work/games. Cast is an extra.
What you are referring to is called streaming. The usual way to "play" with Cardboard is to install VR apps from the Play/App store that run on the phone itself, these are usually short and graphically less impressive than PC games.
A lot of people therefore don't play the games on the phone, but only use the phone to display the image of a game from a PC. This isn't supported without extra software, so you need a dedicated app, all of which cost money, the free test versions are limited to a few minutes. On Android you can try to achieve the same with free screen sharing apps like Splashtop (not the best option) and running FreePIE in the background to get the head rotation data from the phone to the PC, but the process isn't simple and usually the results are not as good as the commercial apps.
The most popular streaming app for Android is Trinus VR, which is AFAIK also the only one that allows streaming the image over both WiFi and USB. For technical reasons USB works a lot better, and even there you are pretty much limited to resolutions of 720p at 30FPS or below due to bandwidth limits of the USB connection. You also get a significant lag between your head movement and the time the rendered image is shown, which can cause severe nausea in a person who is sensitive to this. It is therefore important to use the trial versions to see how well it works for you. These limits cannot be overcome until smartphones come with better hardware to support such uses.
If you manage to get a working connection from PC to phone, you still need to get games that weren't designed for VR to react to the head movement. Software like Trinus VR reads the gyroscope sensor on the phone and sends it to the PC, where it is interpreted as mouse movement with software like OpenTrack. If the game supports looking around with the mouse, you can then look around with your head.
And as hardly any game supports showing two images for the eyes, you need a 3D injector like vireio to do this. 3D injectors don't work with all games, and support for those that work varies, so you should check if your games will work at all first. While the stereoscopy can often be "forced" into a game, the controls cannot be changed. The only option is to fake the expected input types, i.e. translate head movement into mouse movement. The software cannot add head movement to the existing mouse movement, which would allow you to look around while still aiming with the mouse. If the game supports separating aiming and view direction, this may be configurable, but in most cases you will aim where you look.
> I basicly just want to get the cardboard, hook it up on my pc and play my games in 3d.
Many people want to use Cardboard like the Oculus Rift, but these are very different devices. Technically the Oculus Rift is a monitor that is connected to a PC. A phone is not, so there are many extra steps required, all of which can go wrong. A number of PC games have direct, native support for the Oculus Rift, while most existing software has to be adapted with 3D injectors. Those with native support work and play a lot better, and no games have native support for streaming to a phone. Trinus VR takes a lot of steps to make the whole experience as smooth and plug and play as possible, but using a phone to display games forced into 3D with rotation data used for mouse emulation is kind of a large stack of hacks build on top of each other. So if the games you want to play aren't "officially" supported, expect problems. You'll probably also get problems if they are supported, but at least those may be manageable.
All that said a lot of people love using Cardboard to stream PC games, you should only be aware that it isn't necessarily a smooth process and that you need to be kind of immune to high latency and low frame rates. If you are not, the whole experience can turn out to be rather horrible.
You can sideload splashtop on the stick and download the program for PC. Here's a link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.splashtop.remote.pad.v2
you can remote desktop in from your phone to see your desktop.
something like spashtop 2 remote desktop
splashtop works but there is a slight lag - fine for RTS games :)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.splashtop.remote.pad.v2&hl=en_GB
I don't use Trinus Gyre, but it should be completely independent of it. What makes Trinus Gyre different from other steaming solutions is that it takes the gyroscope data from the phone and translates it into mouse movement on a PC. Using an external IMU connected directly to the PC makes head tracking independent of the phone itself. You could replace Trinus Gyre with Splashtop or similar apps.
The primary benefit of an external IMU is better control over sampling rate, calibration and sensor fusion, so it can significantly reduce drift compared to some phones, where you always depend on the quality of the build in sensor and SDK. The free Foculus software is used to get the sensor data, OpenTrack (a FreeTrack fork) to translate it into mouse movements. Any tutorials that explains how to setup OpenTrack should do, you don't need anything specific to Trinus Gyre.
I haven't tried any of it myself, but it is obvious that this is no way a "Plug'n'Play" setup like Trinus Gyre. It provides an option for phones with unbearable drift, for users willing to experiment or looking for reduced tracking latency, but it is not for the faint at heart.