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Ryanality
Ryanality
Honored Contributor
April 19, 2023

PTC v53 Release Megathread

The Public Test Channel (PTC) for Quest v53 is starting to roll out for Meta Quest Pro and Meta Quest 2. Thanks everyone for all your feedback in the past, PTC for v51 uncovered some key issues that we were able to address quickly. 

Let's use this thread for collecting feedback on v53. Share your impressions and let us know if you see any issues. Please make sure to also send in bug reports along with posting here if you notice anything going wrong. 

Thanks again to everyone testing out PTC and sharing your feedback! We appreciate your help testing out the core functionality of software as we develop!

    221 replies

    ShocksVR
    Inspiring
    April 19, 2023

    Awesome !

    I got PTC v53 on my QuestPro and PC about 30 min ago; they seem to be working fine thus far but I'll be sure to report any issues I encounter. 

    i7-7700k, Zotac RTX 3080 AMP Holo (10G), QuestPro, Quest 2 Previous: Oculus GO, Oculus RIFT - 3 sensor Room-scale, Oculus Rift S
      barabba9174
      barabba9174
      Up and Coming
      April 19, 2023

      Installed on Quest Pro and Pc few minutes ago.

      On Quest Pro it updates the controllers and it changes the menu look and feel.

      On Pc it updates the drivers. 

      So far so good, I’m curious to discover the new features.

        TomCgcmfc
        Honored Contributor
        April 19, 2023

        I just got v53 earlier today on my QPro/rtx4090 and Oculus PTC. Seems ok but I have seen a couple of bugs. I get a notification that it has detected I'm using a dfs wifi channel and this is not the case (using ch36 non-dfs). Also, for some reason ODT pixel density defaulted to 1.50 (instead of 0). I changed that back and it seems to be ok now. I reported the dfs reporting bug.

        Tested with PCVR using Air Link and going in/out of PCVR/Standalone seems a little less cranky. Also, 200mbps Fixed now works better but I think I still get a slightly smoother result with 200mbps Dynamic and I cannot really see any difference in clarity between these so I'll stick with 200mbps dynamic for now.

        Tested this with a few Rift, Steam, and VivePort apps, including flight sims (msfs and xp11/12) and all seems to be working fine. No noticeable differences that I can see. Of course it would be nice if Meta would include release notes on these, lol!

        Edit: choosing to show installed apps instead of All seems to work properly now.

        i9 13900K water cooled, RTX4090, Z790 MB w/wifi6e, 64Gb 6400 ram, 2x2TB SSD, 1000W PSU, Win 11, QPro, Q3, w/Link and Air Link, Vive Pro1 with 2x2.0 base stations, Etsy lens mod and Index Controllers
          theryguy573
          New Participant
          April 19, 2023

          i do not like the exit button, along with the other stuff at the top, instead of the bottom. it is very frusterating and annoying. direct touch seems to be improved and will register taps easier. I don't like how when you have direct touch on it's not a separate window from your universal menu and it's just connected to it. It's ugly and I don't like the flat rectangle at the bottom. idk if this was a bug before but my touch controllers are getting better/stronger haptics while using built in keyboard. i like the new battery icon, but the distance between the notification and the explore button is ridiculous. the universal menu is way too long, and its irritating, i also dont like that there is no ability at all to pin/remove apps from the universal menu. the UI generally looks better, and is smoother. I really, really, really hate having everything at the top of your window instead of the bottom. It makes moving windows impossible. They should really make an option for it. Also does anyone have the release notes for this? Because I cannot find lease notes for version 53 anywhere. i am on a quest 2 and have not tried out pc connectivity

            Lunayian
            New Participant
            April 19, 2023

            I'm still having issues with Meta Quest Pro waking from Sleep Mode via the Proximity Sensor as I did in v51 PTC, although it feels slightly less prevalent.

            Video playback in Meta Quest Browser no longer has the weird visual artifacts that were present in v50/v51, which is great.

            Lying Down Mode is awesome, but there's a bit of a bug where the Universal Menu still appears at the normal gyro state when opened inside of an app though. This behavior does not occur in Horizon Home. It also seems that turning it off doesn't actually work until next reboot either, which is a bit weird.

              Stugabaranda
              Up and Coming
              April 19, 2023

              hello, can I have some info for this lying down mode? I can't find it anywhere.
              what is it about?
              is it to be activated in some menu?
              I've searched far and wide in every menu of my quest 2 and can't find anything about it

              Meta Quest 2 256GB, GC Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, Intel 12th Gen Intel i5-12400F, 16Gb RAM, Windows 11 home 22H2. Connected with dedicated router via ethernet cat 6 with pc and to Quest 2 on wifi 5 ch 36
                barabba9174
                barabba9174
                Up and Coming
                April 19, 2023

                Check inside accessibility menu.

                  oculusrov
                  Participant
                  April 19, 2023

                  PTC v53???

                  And public v51?

                    TomCgcmfc
                    Honored Contributor
                    April 19, 2023
                    oculus_rov wrote:

                    PTC v53???

                    And public v51?

                    Not sure exactly what you mean mate? 

                    It's v53 PTC on the headset if you've opted into the beta PTC program and you need to opt into the public beta PTC on the oculus desktop app in order to be also be on v53 (which you should do).  I hope this helps mate and cheers.

                    i9 13900K water cooled, RTX4090, Z790 MB w/wifi6e, 64Gb 6400 ram, 2x2TB SSD, 1000W PSU, Win 11, QPro, Q3, w/Link and Air Link, Vive Pro1 with 2x2.0 base stations, Etsy lens mod and Index Controllers
                      oculusrov
                      Participant
                      April 19, 2023

                      I ask for the general release of v51.

                      Where are "Meta Quest build v51 release notes"?

                      Every Quest 2/Pro in the world has the v51?  

                        tanubon
                        Inspiring
                        April 19, 2023

                        Hmm... less stuttering on Link now.

                        EDIT: Maybe it was my imagination. Strange encoder framedrop still there.

                          BadBoyDustTTV
                          Participant
                          April 25, 2023

                          Do you have a post on this issue? I have been tracking it for a week looking for a fix. I'm at my wit's end.

                            tanubon
                            Inspiring
                            April 19, 2023

                            Lying Down Mode isn't disabled even if I disable option, I need restart headset to disable it... 😕

                              Stugabaranda
                              Up and Coming
                              April 19, 2023
                              CIAO
                              anche il mio Quest 2 è stato aggiornato alla v53.
                              Vidi:
                              -qualcosa è cambiato nell'interfaccia grafica dei menu del cruscotto e nel menu di spegnimento
                              - le lancette trasparenti sono nuovamente scomparse, le braccia sono tornate (ora sono orrendamente lunghe e grigie)
                              - l'associazione dei controllori è diventata più lenta
                              -nel menù room scale sono scomparse le opzioni di realtà mista con cui si può aggiungere divano e scrivania
                              - nelle funzioni sperimentali c'è la configurazione della stanza MA ANCHE SE AGGIUNGO UN DIVANO E UNA SCRIVANIA NON SI VEDONO PIU' FISICAMENTE, MENO SE NE TRACCIANO.
                              LE UNICHE COSE TRACCIATE SONO ARTICOLI SEGNALATI CON ALTRI CHE SONO RIMASTI TRASPARENTI E CHE SONO SOLO VISIBILI COME SEMPRE.
                              -the modes switch to desk and switch to sofa have completely disappeared (obviously assuming that there are no more sofa and desk)
                              ora in pratica per sapere almeno dove sono il divano e la scrivania devo contrassegnarli con "altro".
                              Questa cosa non va affatto bene.
                              Anche se graficamente erano privi di valore rispetto agli oggetti grigi nelle home page, almeno erano molto utili.  ora senza il divano e la scrivania visibili in home screen non ho più riferimenti di orientamento nell'ambiente di utilizzo del dispositivo.
                               
                              @Ryanality   Sei a conoscenza di tutto questo?  per quanto riguarda gli oggetti che non si vedono e un bug?
                              come mai non ci sono note di rilascio su questa versione ptc?
                              Meta Quest 2 256GB, GC Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, Intel 12th Gen Intel i5-12400F, 16Gb RAM, Windows 11 home 22H2. Connected with dedicated router via ethernet cat 6 with pc and to Quest 2 on wifi 5 ch 36
                                Stugabaranda
                                Up and Coming
                                April 19, 2023

                                hello Ryanality , in truth all the problems reported with the V51 have not been solved because those of incompatibility with many apps remain, so much so that on many discord channels we continue to advise against updating the viewer to v51.

                                Meta Quest 2 256GB, GC Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, Intel 12th Gen Intel i5-12400F, 16Gb RAM, Windows 11 home 22H2. Connected with dedicated router via ethernet cat 6 with pc and to Quest 2 on wifi 5 ch 36
                                  ShocksVR
                                  Inspiring
                                  April 19, 2023

                                  what kind of apps ? 🤐

                                  i7-7700k, Zotac RTX 3080 AMP Holo (10G), QuestPro, Quest 2 Previous: Oculus GO, Oculus RIFT - 3 sensor Room-scale, Oculus Rift S
                                    Stugabaranda
                                    Up and Coming
                                    April 19, 2023

                                    hello, I'm referring to nothing concerning pirated apps, also because if I had this type of problem I wouldn't be so bold as to complain about it on the official Meta community.
                                    I mean apps like Moon home vr installer (regularly downloadable from meta official store),
                                    and the inability to install custom homes directly from sidequest vr version.

                                    Meta Quest 2 256GB, GC Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, Intel 12th Gen Intel i5-12400F, 16Gb RAM, Windows 11 home 22H2. Connected with dedicated router via ethernet cat 6 with pc and to Quest 2 on wifi 5 ch 36
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