SteamVR News

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OpenXR:

• Use application provided function pointer to vkGetInstanceProcAddr when calling xrCreateDevice in XR_KHR_vulkan_enable2 extension.
  

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SteamVR:

• Added support for Tundra Labs Tracker
  
• Reduced SteamVR install size
  

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SteamVR:

• Fixed a Windows 7 crash
  

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SteamVR:

• Fixed slight alignment issue with the left index grip pose.
  

OpenXR:

• Translate Vive Cosmos and HP Reverb G2 abxy+trigger touch to "click", matching native runtime's behavior.
  
• Emulate Cosmos grip (defined in the spec as “squeeze/click”) when using the Oculus interaction profile, since Oculus' interaction profile doesn't have an equivalent "/squeeze/click" component path. This matches the Beta ViveOpenXR runtime behavior.
  
• Emulate thumbstick touch for Reverb G2 controllers if the oculus controller profile is active (such as when the app doesn't send any specific Reverb G2 controller bindings).
  
• Add missing thumbstick touch (…/input/thumbstick/touch) input component path for Cosmos controllers.
  

Today's update features the ability to float desktop views in the world and to smoothly transition views between being docked on a controller and floated in the world. This increases flexibility in how users choose to persist views of the desktop in-game.

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SteamVR:

• Fixed some games not launching or launching to a black screen when using the latest Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR beta.
  
• Added ability to float desktop views in the world and move them around.
  
• Added ability to pull docked views off of controllers to float in world.
  
• Added ability to dock floating world views onto controllers by just placing them within the docking distance.
  
• Moved some UI out of the desktop view tray so users can spawn many windows without getting a scrollbar.
  
• Support for moving views around while using the headset to control the SteamVR dashboard.
  
• Fixed bug with Desktop View positioning when volume tray is open.
  
• Fixed bug where cursor disappeared on click on floating and controller-docked views.
  

SteamVR Home:

• Added support for users with custom controllers to choose between cartoony hands and the rendermodel of their controller.
  

Valve Index:

• DisplayPort training mode can be selected (via Video / Advanced), which may improve compatibility for non-standard video cards (firmware update required).
  

OpenXR:

• Fix for DirectX 12 memory leak.
  
• Fixed bug that prevented SteamVR from enumerating depth swap chain formats under D3D12.
  
• Added support for HTC’s Cosmos controller interaction profile – implemented the XR_HTC_vive_cosmos_controller_interaction extension.
  
• For apps that don't provide G2 and Cosmos controller bindings, they'll now use Oculus touch bindings if these are provided (maps to khr simple controller otherwise).
  
• Fixed bug that caused SteamVR to return isActive=true and bogus data from xrLocateHandJointsEXT for devices that had not yet been turned on.
  
• Fixed bug in Cosmos and G2 auto-remap feature if non-existent interaction component path/s for the source controller were used in an action binding.
  
• Fixed issue with acquiring depth swapchain images under D3D12.
  
• Updated support for applying analog thresholds to controller bindings (e.g. Haptics tuning) - version 2 of the XR_VALVE_analog_threshold extension.
  

Oculus:

• Reverted behavior so that SteamVR quits automatically when closing the Oculus desktop app, instead of prompting the user to quit.