My understanding is that a Multiseat Desktop Configuration requires, at the OS level, multiple monitor devices... I am not sure if any VM solutions can bind VM video consoles to specific monitor devices but if any support that it could help there as well...
To date most approaches I have seen have involved putting the main client (like the Tank) on the primary desktop outputting to a primary monitor and then doing the 4 other desktops' video outputs to a 4+ port multiviewer to a 2nd physical montior to give you the 5+box via 1PC and 2 physical monitors. That means you need at least a 2nd physical monitor, physical multiviewer, & 8 extra physical video cables...
If you can carve up a single 4K or 8K physical monitor into multiple virtual monitors (& especially if you can change those layouts if/as needed) you could get a hardware input broadcast solution all from a single PC with a single large monitor if you wanted. That could well be the simplest/cheapest way to get hardware input boxing solution (single copy of windows, single wow install, single monitor, etc)... Even if you wanted to use 2+ monitors, having the ability to carve up a physical monitor at the OS level virtually could allow you to do it without the extra physical cables and multiviewer in the middle...
I am not sure if any of the solutions actually create virtual monitors at the OS level but if they do that could allow some creative options which is why I brought them up and asked if anyone has tried them...
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