[] spawn {
    private _createDisplayAndStoreTextures = {
        systemChat "Creating new display!";
        private _camoIndexes = ["camo","camo_1","camo_2","camo_3","camo01","camo1","camo1a","camo2","camo02","camo03","camo3","camo4","camo05","camo5","camo6","camo7","camo8","camo9","camo10"];
        private _container = uniformContainer player;
        private _textures = (_container getObjectTextures _camoIndexes) select {!isNil "_x"};
        if (_textures isEqualTo []) then {
            systemChat "could not get textures from contianer, getting it from unit";
            _textures = (_unit getObjectTextures _camoIndexes) select {!isNil "_x"};
        };
        _container setVariable ["textures", _textures];
        systemChat format ["Storing textures: %1", _textures];

        // spawn a helper object, the player needs to look at the object that gets the ui2texture display applied
        private _helperObject = createSimpleObject ["Sign_Sphere10cm_F", [0,0,0], true];
        _helperObject setObjectMaterial [0, "a3\structures_f_bootcamp\vr\coverobjects\data\vr_coverobject_basic.rvmat"];
        _helperObject setObjectScale 0.1;

        private _displayName = "dirt_textures§MyDisplay";
        private _displayDef = format ['#(argb,2048,2048,1)ui("RscDisplayEmpty","%1","ca")', _displayName];
        _helperObject setObjectTexture [0, _displayDef];

        waitUntil {
            _helperObject setPosASL (AGLToASL positionCameraToWorld [0,0.5,1]);
            !(isNull findDisplay _displayName)
        };
        systemChat "Found display";
        private _display = findDisplay _displayName;
        private _base = _display ctrlCreate ["RscPicture", 1];
        _base ctrlSetPosition [0, 0, 1, 1];
        _base  ctrlSetText "#(argb,8,8,1)color(1,0,0,1)";
        _base ctrlCommit 0;
        displayUpdate _display;

        player setVariable ["display", _display];
        player setVariable ["definition", _displayDef];
        _container setObjectTexture [0, _displayDef];
        deleteVehicle _helperObject;
    };
    sleep 1;
    while {alive player} do {
        private _container = uniformContainer player;
        systemChat "Applying display";
        if (isNull (player getVariable ["display", objNull])) then {
            [] call _createDisplayAndStoreTextures;
        } else {
            _container setObjectTexture [0, player getVariable "definition"];

            // just throwing this in here to show that this also wont be working anymore
            player setObjectTexture [0, player getVariable "definition"];
        };
        sleep 2;

        systemChat "Apply old textures to container";
        private _textures = _container getVariable "textures";
        {
            _container setObjectTexture [_forEachIndex, _x];
        } forEach _textures;

        sleep 2;
        systemChat "Apply old textures to unit as backup";
        // to show it does not work here either
        {
            player setObjectTexture [_forEachIndex, _x];
        } forEach _textures;

        sleep 2;
    };
};