Windows 10 Anniversary Connect feature - it's fantastic!

With this neat feature, we can finally utilize our Windows 10 devices as external monitors, wirelessly - which makes a lot of sense for tablets in particular; input devices can be shared as well. Yay!

In my setup (specs in signature), only 1 of the tablets is able to project its screen; the second one refuses to project, though acts very well as receiver - second screen runs butter smooth, latency is barely noticeable - and that is on wireless! I am running 802.11ac network which seems to be the key to success.

Discuss? It would be particularly interesting to understand which hardware allows to use this feature, which doesn't, and what are the limitations.

 

Maybe this could be useful for cheap VR. You use the mobiles display, but the actual game runs on the computer since it has more titles available. Use a USB cable for no delay.

I know nothing about this subject, maybe it already exists?

 

@SL2 I don't really understand how is that connected to VR; the feature is essentially Miracast, and from what I read Miracast gaming ain't pleasant experience.

I'd like to report that pen input remote works fine, including pressure sensitivity. Thus, the feature can be used to connect a Windows tablet with active digitizer to some powerful machine, and use it like Wacom Cintiq Companion - only wirelessly. More testing need to be done, of course, to understand whether it is good enough for professional use - but looks promising so far.

 

I guess you're right. But still, the solution with USB could be a budget option, even though it's a different topic.

 

@SL2 you can actually use Android tablets via usb, with the help of special software - such solutions have been around for quite some time.

 

Thanks. Like I said, it's all new for me.