Shadow VR works by bringing your powerful cloud-based PC to your virtual reality headset, enabling VR experiences without needing a local high-end gaming PC.
How Shadow VR Streams PC VR to Your Headset
Essentially, Shadow VR is an app that streams a virtual PC from a remote data center to your VR headset. This allows you to run PC VR games and applications on your headset without the need for a powerful local gaming computer.
Here's a breakdown:
- Cloud PC: Shadow provides you with a virtual Windows PC hosted in their data centers. This virtual PC has a dedicated CPU, GPU, RAM, and storage.
- The Shadow VR App: This app runs on your standalone VR headset. It connects to your Shadow PC in the cloud.
- Streaming: The Shadow VR app streams the video output of your virtual PC to your headset in real-time. Input from your VR controllers is sent back to the virtual PC.
Potential Risks
It is important to be aware of the following potential risks:
- Photosensitive Seizures: In rare cases, Shadow PC may flash, flicker, or appear distorted. This can potentially induce seizures in people sensitive to certain lights, patterns, or images, even if they have no prior history of epilepsy or seizures.
