SteamVR News

SteamVR beta has been updated with the following changes.

If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues.

SteamVR Input:

• Fixed tracker positions not working for trackers that were configured to anything other than left or right hand.
  

SteamVR Dashboard:

• Fixed Dashboard being dismissed when clicking on the Done button on the keyboard.
  

SteamVR beta has been updated with the following changes.

If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues.

Note: This build originally shipped with the version number still reading 1.10.1. It has been updated to 1.10.2 now. Thanks for the reports of the problem.

SteamVR:

• Fix a crash when an application manifest is corrupt.
  
• Fixed a bug where audio mirroring would not stay disabled after a SteamVR restart.
  

SteamVR Input:

• Added Windows Mixed Reality controllers to the list of controller types that can be edited when the controller isn't physically present. This requires the Windows Mixed Reality driver to be installed, but does not require that any Windows Mixed Reality hardware be connected to the PC.
  

Linux:

• Fixed blank settings page.
  
• Fixed a case where the dashboard would disappear.
  
• Fixed a vrwebhelper crash on shutdown.
  

Index

• Max brightness extended to 160.
  

If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues.

Note: Due to unimportant build details, the build number has not changed for this update.

SteamVR Home:

• Fixed voice chat.
  

SteamVR beta has been updated with the following changes.

If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues.

SteamVR:

• Restore texture size round to multiple of 4 for WindowsMR HMDs in GetRecommendedRenderTargetSize.
  
• Settings UI supersample settings show the rounded resolution to match the internal behavior.
  
• Improved I-Beam cursor on Desktop View on high-DPI displays.
  
• Resolved some crashes with Desktop View.
  
• Fix “do not disturb” setting for notifications not taking effect until restart.
  
• Minor performance improvements.
  
• Minor Settings UI improvements.
  

SteamVR Dashboard:

• Move Dashboard Settings into Dashboard Page (advanced).
  
• Added settings to Dashboard Page for toggling elements of Dashboard UI.
  
• Fixed face mouse on any headset using the generic_hmd controller type. (That is essentially every headset that doesn’t have a button, so Windows Mixed Reality and some others.).
  
• Fix dashboard overlay tabs still showing even if vr::VROverlayFlags_VisibleInDashboard is false.
  

SteamVR Home:

• Fixed voice chat.
  

SteamVR Input:

• Added debugger to help developers and controller binding authors diagnose input issues with applications. To enable this option, turn on input debugging in developer settings, and then click the “Input Debugger” button in the controller settings.
  

This build is a candidate for a full release and will likely roll out to everyone in the next few days.

Note: Due to unimportant build details, the build number has not changed for this update.

If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues.


SteamVR Home:

• Fixed voice chat.