SteamVR News

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.

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The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here.

Steam Link:

• Fixed a crash that would happen under extreme load
  
• Smoothed out stream recovery
  
• AMD quality improvements -- requires Meta Public Beta Client (see below)
  
• Allow connections for users with missing QoS bits (May solve many user’s error 200 failures)
  
• Reduce extra stream resets on spotty networks
  
• Fix multiple crashes
  
• Reduced impact of stream resets
  
• Reduced some log spam
  
• Change headset behavior to reduce reliance on lack of motion for entering "standby" state
  

Steam Link (Meta App Public Beta Client - see below):

• Required for AMD quality improvements
  
• Recognize when SteamVR has ended on host PC due to timeout, and automatically return to 2D mode on HMD
  
• HMD Interstitial performance improvement
  
• Fix frame-sync bug causing extra jitter
  
• Speed up how quickly users can click the “Connect” button when starting stream
  
• Fix not updating wifi AP name on interstitial 3D scene in headset
  

To fully utilize the updates to Steam Link in this beta version of SteamVR we recommend you join the Steam Link Public Beta channel on Meta. To join, you must install Steam Link to your Meta headset, then you can opt into the Public Beta channel using this link https://www.meta.com/s/1hti7gedQ from your phone, or by using the Meta application on your phone to select the Public Beta channel in the settings for the Steam Link application.

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 is available here.

SteamVR:

• Fix for extended mode "Headset Window" not showing up in Window's taskbar.
  

Steam Link:

• Enable 10-bit video encoding on AMD graphics cards with this capability. (AMD support is still experimental at this time.)
  
• Enable “Advanced Supersample Filtering”. This improves video quality when using high supersampling rates. For users seeing poor video quality when not using “auto” settings, this will be a significant improvement.
  
• Debug UI improvements.
  
• Fixed an issue that made some networking lag worse than it should be by reducing the impact of stream resets in non-optimal wireless configurations.
  
• Allow connection to proceed even in network configurations without QoS support.
  

Meta:

• Re-enable “Advanced Supersample Filtering" for Meta headsets. This allows higher supersampling rates without causing aliasing in the HMD. This was accidentally disabled for Meta headsets as a side-effect of another change several years ago. If you enable advanced settings, there is a toggle for this in the video settings if you prefer the old behavior. Note: This does not affect Virtual Desktop.
  

OpenXR:

• Fixed a memory leak where calling xrDestroySwapchain on a Vulkan swapchain would not free memory.
  

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

• 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.
  

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.