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This is also by far the #1 killer feature for me in Windows 10 Anniversary Update. You can now use other Windows 10 PCs as wireless displays and project to the
by lewisl9029 10y ago
This is also by far the #1 killer feature for me in Windows 10 Anniversary Update.
You can now use other Windows 10 PCs as wireless displays and project to them in any display configuration as long as they're on the same local network. It can also reroute audio output from the host to projected PCs, and even reroute input (mouse, keyboard, touchpad, touchscreen(!), pen(!), etc) from projected PCs back to the host.
From my experience so far it has worked impeccably well. There is a bit of input lag and the occasional compression artifact, so hardcore gaming is definitely out of the question, but it's more than good enough for regular media consumption and browsing.
I really can't wait to see something like this land in more OSes.
- catmanjan 10y agoI used to do this using http://symless.com/synergy/ http://symless.com/synergy/ Cool that it's now built in to windows!
- kayoone 10y agoUnless they changed the product massively, Synergy is just about rerouting input from a host to client PCs, but it won't stream video or audio.
- copperx 10y agoThese features sound awesome for a classroom setting. Has anyone here used them for that purpose?
- Zekio 10y agoI use it, in class to turn my surface pro 2 into an extra monitor, The only thing I wish was possible is for this to be done over Ethernet.
- digi_owl 10y agoYeah it is not really networked in the TCP/IP sense. It is Miracast, and thus use raw wifi frames on a point to point connection. Similar leveraging of raw wifi has been done for Bluetooth, where it would coopt the wifi radio to do bulk data transfers. Not sure how many devices support it, particularly after wifi direct was released. I just wish wifi direct had something akin to OBEX that Bluetooth bundles. Makes sure that two devices can talk to each other in a meaningful manner.
- kabes 10y agoMaybe for k-12, but most universities have separate networks for byod of students and teachers and fixed infrastructure equipment.
- Flenser 10y agoSounds like they incorporated the Mouse Without Borders [1] experiment into the OS [1] http://blogs.microsoft.com/next/2011/09/09/microsoft-download-from-the-garage-mouse-without-borders/ http://blogs.microsoft.com/next/2011/09/09/microsoft-downloa...