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.

Oculus:

• When SteamVR starts, if you have a Quest or Quest2 attached to your PC but have not started Oculus Link, you will be reminded to do so. SteamVR also will notify you to install the Oculus software if SteamVR cannot communicate with the Oculus service.
  

OpenXR:

• Fix for xrGetCurrentInteractionProfile not return anything when xrGetCurrentInteractionProfile is called with a tracker path role, an invalid/no value is returned by the runtime.
  
• Ensure tracker PoseAction isActive parameter is updated appropriately when xrGetActionStatePose or xrSyncActions is called with a subactionPath.
  

Linux:

• Fixed webhelper crashing in OS's with recent versions of freetype2.
  

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:

• Fix for depth texture handling on dx12 causing crashes in major engine implementations.
  

OpenXR:

• Ensure XR_HTCX_vive_tracker_interaction extension is activated by the application when handling generic trackers.
  
• Ensure persistent paths generated for generic trackers when using the XR_HTCX_vive_tracker_interaction extension is a well-formed openxr path string:
  https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenXR/specs/1.0/html/xrspec.html#well-formed-path-strings
  

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:

• Fixed a motion smoothing issue that was affecting some applications.
  
• Fixed a crash related to application submitted dx12 depth textures.
  

OpenXR:

• Fixed allowing multiple actions and tracker roles in a single binding and actionset when using the XR_HTCX_vive_tracker_interaction extension.
  

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

• Temporarily disabled Desktop View’s ability to interact with elevated processes due to a bug that could cause SteamVR to be unable to start.
  

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

• Allow Desktop View to interact with higher elevation processes. To enable this functionality, be sure to install the SteamVR Service when prompted.
  

Linux

• Fixed issue that would prevent some system UI from working some of the time.
  

OpenXR

• Implement XR_HTCX_vive_tracker_interaction extension
  
• Properly switch to XR_SESSION_STATE_IDLE when hmd activity level is idle
  
• Fix for session state changes (XrEventDataSessionStateChanged) not being sent to the app when detecting hmd worn status with Oculus hmds