Possible to use Vive as a monitor?

[CrippledROBOT]

Hello everyone! I have a weird idea and it may have already been presented. I’m interested in purchasing a vive for use as a monitor. Basically, I want my gaming experience to be as immersive as possible but also still use a keyboard and mouse. Could I use a Vive for a screen?

 

 

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

No, that's not how it works IIRC

[Denned]

You can buy Virtual Desktop on Steam. And probably a few other ways.

[Sakkura]

The Oculus Rift is probably better for that use, since its software has a built-in desktop interface. But it's kinda dumb to buy a VR headset for, they are not good monitor replacements at the moment.

 

Using a regular gamepad and actual VR mode is much better, and there are a bunch of games that support that.

[Humbug]

Can do via steam virtual desktop.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/382110/Virtual_Desktop/

 

But both the Rift and Vive lack the pixel density of a good monitor. By pixel density I mean pixels per degree of fov.

[TechyBen]

You would still need a monitor though, as most settings/boots will not be able to use the Headset (AFAIK).

[HUSKER222]

not how it works. youd still need a monitor and virtual desktop and honestly its not worth it for just that.

[Donny_Chen]

the big screen app on the steam/vive store works pretty well, and its free.  Can't do anything super complicated on it though.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/457550/Bigscreen_Beta/