SteamVR News

The SteamVR Beta has been updated with the following changes. This build is a candidate for a full release and will likely roll out to everyone in the next few days.

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:

• Add specific error text and recovery option for error 436.
  

Valve Index Headset Firmware (v1564091116):

• Improved USB reliability.
  
• Fixed an issue that could result in displays turning off during active usage.
  

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.

Valve Index:

• Speculative fix for some Index users experiencing Base Station Power Management intermittency
  

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.

Valve Index

• Index HMDs will be adjusted to a more neutral (less-blue) white point. Users relying on 3rd-party white-balance controls (ex: Advanced Settings) may now prefer to disable the external control.

The 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:

• This change was actually missed in beta 1.6.5 and is in 1.6.6: Slight changes to errors 308, 309 to get more insight into the cases which are not fixed by the change mentioned above. If you experience these errors, please post to the SteamVR Bug Report with a system report.
• Fix a rare case where SteamVR would stop working after a prolonged period of high CPU load.
  
• Fix an assertion in vrmonitor when exiting without ever discovering an HMD.
  

The 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:

• Fix one known cause of error 310 (believed to be some non-SteamVR process named “vrserver.exe” being mis-detected as an existing SteamVR session). Fixed thanks to a report in the bug report forum!
• Slight changes to errors 308, 309 to get more insight into the cases which are not fixed by the change mentioned above. If you experience these errors, please post to the SteamVR Bug Report with a system report.

Valve Index Controller Firmware:

• Fixed an issue where initiating pairing just after powering on the controller could result in a power off.
  
• Fixed an issue that could prevent pairing to a new wireless receiver until a power cycle.