SteamVR News

This build is a candidate for a hotfix. If you encounter issues, please report them in the forum so they can be fixed before this build goes out to everyone.

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.

The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page has been updated. You can view it here.

Steam Link

• Added a warning message when Steam Streaming Audio endpoints are present but disabled.
  
• Fixed a crash when toggling Steam Link Debug screen.
  
• Added additional latency and frame information to the Steam Link Debug screen.
  

SteamVR 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.

The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page has been updated. You can view it here.

Steam Link:

• Fixed some instances where audio or microphone do not work properly.
  
• Fixed a bug where one or both controllers do not activate in SteamVR.
  
• Color adjustments for AMD graphics cards. (AMD support is still experimental at this time.)
  

SteamVR:

• Improved automatic controller role selection when mixing Touch controllers with controllers from other drivers.
  

This build is a candidate for a hotfix. If you encounter issues, please report them in the forum so they can be fixed before this build goes out to everyone.

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.

The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page has been updated. You can view it here.

Steam Link

• Fixed some instances where audio or microphone do not work properly.
  
• Fixed a bug where one or both controllers do not activate in SteamVR.
  
• Color adjustments for AMD graphics cards.
  

SteamVR:

• Improved automatic controller role selection when mixing Touch controllers with controllers from other drivers.
  

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/3895113407856183761
The latest Steam Client includes the following VR-specific changes. To ensure you get these change, select Steam > Check for Steam Client Updates... and restart if prompted.

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.

Dashboard

• Fixed some cases of the VR dashboard showing itself on game start.
  
• Fixed a couple cases where the dashboard was being opened when it should not.
  

Desktop Game Theater

• Only capture non-VR applications while visible in headset. Throttling will revert to default (monitor or no vsync, rather than headset vsynced) when content is not displayed in headset. This should fix most flat2vr type games, which require running the application at double headset framerate to generate stereo image pairs.
  

SteamVR 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.

Steam:

• Some changes require updating the Steam Client as well. See the release notes here.
  

SteamVR:

• Added VR Settings > Dashboard > Allow Undocked Dashboard Overlay Interaction. Defaults to off, until we have a better solution for interacting with underlying VR app input.
  
• Fix for File Explorer window sometimes popping up when launching SteamVR. This was previously reported as fixed in 2.1.7, but did not actually make it into that version.
  
• Improved controller role assignment when using multiple sets of controllers. When a controller goes to standby or when a controller reconnects after being powered off or disconnected, allow the left and right hand assignments to change if a more suitable controller is found. Actively moving controllers are given priority over idle controllers when all other conditions are equal.
  
• Fix for unresponsive system dashboard in some situations when not using tracked controllers. I.e. the button on the headset to act as a mouse click could get into a state where it would stop working.
  
• Suppress restoring theater screen on VR app exit if Dashboard > Pause VR when headset is idle, is set to Off.
  https://steamcommunity.com/app/250820/discussions/0/4036976070302369135/
• Fix for non-VR app throttling when SteamVR goes into standby.
  https://steamcommunity.com/app/250820/discussions/3/3975051362887236334/
• Fix another case where headset button would not bring up dashboard.
  https://steamcommunity.com/app/250820/discussions/3/3975051032850884244/

Linux:

• Fix for startup crash.
  https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/issues/639