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Feature Request: Implement Looking Glass.

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Description

FreeRDP is good enough for office tasks and potentially light games. But to have even lower latency a "KVMFrameRelay" such as looking glass may be implemented to minimise latency and allow for direct quality. Looking Glass is a way to do this but there seem to limitation such as requiring an nvidia gpu, being same device only and sharing memory between host and guest.

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Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by reviewing the existing FreeRDP integration and the Looking Glass project linked in the issue, then determine how its host/guest and GPU constraints fit this project. Done would require an agreed scope and a validated Looking Glass-based integration with lower-latency display delivery.

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Assessment

Domain
desktop, performance
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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