# Playground Desktop App

**Playground Desktop** is a desktop client for Playground, which will enable a more stable guest experience and will be able to keep running with full-screen games. Without opening chrome, Playground Desktop takes very minimal performance from our test.

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The app is still in development, so it might have some unexpected bugs, be careful when using it.

Feels free to tell us your feedback via [discord](https://discord.com/invite/uTfAaDYQVM)!
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### Quick Setup (5 mins)

1\. Download the Playground Desktop exe.

| Version        | Download Link                                                                                        |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 0.0.3 (Latest) | [Dropbox (7.3 mb)](https://www.dropbox.com/s/4voo1r65n7qifqj/Playground%20Desktop%20v0.0.3.exe?dl=1) |

3\. Windows Defender might warn you that there are risks running our app, please click more info and click "Run anyway" to run our app.

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### **How to stream with Playground Desktop**

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Suggest using the web version for direct transparency!
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1. Use **window capture** and set the capture method to windows 10 (103 and up)

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If you are concerned about the safety of our app, we understand and feel free to use [Playground web version](https://live.playground.avatech.ai/) instead!