Need help with vr setup?

ac19189 · June 7, 2021

So really basic what I need help with.

Have an office and a workstation that will be running between two and three displays. (Depends on options I get with the next issue)

I have a living room that is between 25 to 50 feet from the workstation and in this living room I have a vive index and a 65inch tv.

I want to retain the workstation in the office but I want to be able to use the tv and vr when I am not in the office. Mostly will be using it when I have company over and want to be able to get the VR from the room to the workstation while also displaying the screen of the workstation on the tv so we can see what's happening on the VR. Index requires USB 3 and HDMI. (I also need the display for the tv to be HDMI and it must carry an audio signal so I can feed my receiver. (As long as the hdmi signal for the tv display has an audio signal it should be fine.)

I have looked at Hdmi over Ethernet but I don't know how to resolve the vr issue. I stumbled on one of linus video from yesterday about the thunderbolt 3 and was wondering if I could manage something like that even though I need hdmi.

I would like to keep this whole thing under 1000 usd if possible but if need be I can go up a bit from that. Anyone have any options.

jaslion · June 7, 2021

Thunderbolt 3 can be adapted to hdmi that works just fine. However it all depends on the dock on that end.

However hdmi can go up to 50feet with a good cable before signal degradation and delay becomes a problem.

Usb will be the biggest issue here the only option there would be usb over ethernet.

Either way 1000 usd is going to be a tough budget and well at that point just buy a new computer for your livingroom.

ac19189 · June 7, 2021

I know the thunderbolt dock linus was using had usb on it so I was wondering if a hub like that could be an option. I dont mind dropping the 400 bucks on the corning thunderbolt cable if it will work for this idea. My issue is the vr is 120hz to 140hz refresh so I know thats going to need some beefy speed for display. I do have a steam link I could maybe use just for the tv display itself I dont think the latency will be too bad over a cat6 but if I could roll it all into a single thunderbolt dock that be even better. The whole idea is a bit of a mad idea I have had for a while I plan on maybe upgrading the tv to a 4k tv and would like it to support 4k for video more than gaming.

However as it sits i am running everything 1080 so I don't think thats going to be a huge deal. The whole vr is going to be the issue I think I know linus had vr working okay with thunderbolt using a dock so I know it can be done. As for the tv display it would be the primary display not its own display so I dont need to count it as another display just a clone of the primary. However I will be using other displays as second monitors and I also have a capture card in the system.

The system should be okay for handling it all I am still trying to get my hands on a new GPU like everyone else but I will at some point get a 3080 and im running a i9 10900k with like 32gigs of ram so i know I wont have any driving performance issues outside of maybe a gpu bottle until its replaced.