ALVR VS VirtualDesktop

Compare ALVR vs VirtualDesktop and see what are their differences.

ALVR

Stream VR games from your PC to your headset via Wi-Fi (by alvr-org)

VirtualDesktop

C# command line tool to manage virtual desktops in Windows 10 (by MScholtes)
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ALVR VirtualDesktop
280 5
4,734 527
6.0% -
9.5 6.7
5 days ago 2 months ago
Rust C#
MIT License MIT License
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ALVR

Posts with mentions or reviews of ALVR. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-08.

VirtualDesktop

Posts with mentions or reviews of VirtualDesktop. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-11.
  • Third-party application / method for previewing contents of virtual desktops?
    1 project | /r/AutoHotkey | 6 Jun 2023
    Not strictly AHK related, but I have a small script that uses VirtualDesktop by MScholtes to manage my virtual desktops. Nothing fancy atm, just ctrl+alt+numpad to change desktops. But I do have a problem, I can't always remember which desktop has what stuff in it! So I was wondering if there is something like win+tab that gives a preview of what there is in each desktop.
  • Is there a way to switch to a specific virtual desktop with one shortcut?
    1 project | /r/Windows11 | 3 Feb 2023
    This plus Autohotkey or something like that
  • Show HN: Komorebi – A tiling window manager for Windows 10/11 written in Rust
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Oct 2022
  • Need _desktop icon_ to switch to specific virtual desktop
    1 project | /r/Windows10 | 10 Apr 2022
    This can do it from a batch file -> https://github.com/MScholtes/VirtualDesktop
  • Can someone help me with quoting paths inside variables?
    1 project | /r/AutoHotkey | 9 Jan 2022
    Pardon me, for not getting back to your in a more timely manner. hecktick weekend. Escaping characters is always a PITA no matter the language, in the case of AHK escaping quotes is awful as you escape a quote with a quote. Would believe if I told you I spent an entire day on just to realise this, between powershell and Autohotkey. I am very glad to know the feeling is mutual and it was not just me being stupid imo. Your solution was just what I needed, I am soon to be among one of the cool kids. Also that Function is amazing! Now, as powerful as PowerShell is (pun intended), is super slow compared to AHK (being a wrapper around .NET, worst if is the first run) and AHK can do most of what PS does: I did not know this, makes sense though. This was mostly an exercise on trying to do the things AHK does really well with PowerShell and just generally future prosperity between AHK and PowerShell interoperability. Text: awful virtual desktop feature really well. There was this AHK script that did this too but it got broken due to API changes in windows 11. This the module

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ALVR and VirtualDesktop you can also consider the following projects:

SteamVR-for-Linux - Issue tracker for the Linux port of SteamVR

SylphyHorn - Virtual Desktop Tools for Windows 10.

VirtualDesktop - Connect wirelessly to your computer(s) to watch movies, browse the web, play games on a giant virtual screen or stream PCVR games. Virtual Desktop is a highly optimized, native application developed for low latency, high quality streaming.

OculusKiller - Completely kill the Oculus Dash and auto-launch SteamVR. [Moved to: https://github.com/LibreQuest/OculusKiller]

OpenOVR

amethystwindows - [ARCHIVED] Automatic tiling window manager for Windows 10/11

ALVR-nightly - Nightly releases of ALVR - untested and potentially unstable.

komorebi-application-specific-configuration - A central place to document all tweaks required for Komorebi to 'just work' with as many applications as possible

OpenOVR - https://gitlab.com/znixian/OpenOVR

projectm - projectM - Cross-platform Music Visualization Library. Open-source and Milkdrop-compatible.

OpenHMD - Free and Open Source API and drivers for immersive technology.

BetterDummy - Unlock your displays on your Mac! Smooth scaling, HiDPI unlock, XDR/HDR extra brightness upscale, DDC, brightness and dimming, dummy displays, PIP and lots more! [Moved to: https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay]