The Sunshine and Moonlight applications enable remote desktop access with performance reaching 120 FPS at 4K resolution. Despite this, users often encounter synchronization issues with mouse cursor movement and scrolling when operating remotely, even within a local network.
The author identified that these input lags occur because the remote session must constantly synchronize mouse coordinates and scroll wheel data with the video stream. This process struggles to handle the specific micro-movements of high-end mice like the Logitech Master series.
The solution involved connecting the mouse directly to the host computer instead of the client device. By using the mouse physically linked to the workstation while viewing the stream on a remote tablet or laptop, the need for input synchronization over the network is eliminated.
This method provides a seamless experience, effectively creating a full immersion effect within the range of the mouse's wireless receiver or Bluetooth connection. For greater distances, the author suggests using the VirtualHere application.
