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PTC v55 Release Megathread

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The Public Test Channel (PTC) for Quest v55 is starting to roll out for Meta Quest Pro and Meta Quest 2 soon. Thanks everyone for all your feedback on our previous builds, we several bugs were identified in the last PTC and the solutions for some have shipped, while others are on the way!

Let's use this thread for collecting feedback on v55. 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.

We know it's tough when you run into a problem on a PTC build and want to thank you all again for testing out PTC and sharing your feedback! This feedback is extremely helpful to our engineering teams. We appreciate your interest and persistence in testing out the core functionality of software as we develop!

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nalex66

Honored Contributor

Noticed that I got the update last night just before shutting down… I think the Quest interface felt a bit snappier, but I took a quick run through the app I’m developing and didn’t notice a significant difference. I’ll see how it is with Link and Unity today.

DK2, CV1, Go, Quest, Quest 2, Quest 3. Try my game: Cyclops Island Demo

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SlowMtbRider

Participant

Got the official v54 yesterday, was working fine with AirLink, so I decided to try v55. No issue until now. I have seen some posts about an increased resolution in home, I don't know if it's a placebo effect but I actually find it crispier so maybe it's true 🙂
Tested ten minutes of Half Life Alyx with Wifi 6, no issue, good frame rate, correct latency, stable 200Mbps bitrate (dynamic bitrate set to 155Mbps + a 50Mbps bitrate offset results in a good steady 205Mbps and low(er) latency.
So far so good...

LuvinLife

Participant

I got v55 last night on the headset and later for the PC app.

I had to do a restart to apply the new version and then noticed that my guardian was completely off. I tried to use the newly named ‘Boundary’ section to set it up again and clicking the options didn’t being up the normal setup mode and clicking adjust floor level did nothing. When I restarted again the guardian/boundary that I had before the version update reappeared. Having it off without knowing it wasn’t optimal for a play space surrounded by things that can be hit. 😉

Main menu can be moved once again using the bottom bar instead of the translucent border surrounding it from previous builds.

I was mapping a song in AT last night and the low power notification (that I do want to see) did pop up while I was in game. It hadn’t been appearing in game since the last android update builds, only on the notification window.

The search icon on the lower bar brings up some kind of search window for a second before it closes again, even after restarting the headset. Unusable at this point.

I think there is a new home called “Cyber City”. We got one after meta connect, but I don’t think I have seen this one before now. Still not sure where the mining town one went.

LuvinLife

Participant

Another restart has the search icon on the bottom bar working. Looks like it is used to search for store games. Nice presets like free, on-sale, etc.

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sibirlupus

Participant

Is the new search icon on the bottom bar only accessible via the V55 PTC at the moment? I know it wasn't even clickable on my Quest 2 with the official V54 update.

Asus G20CB (I7 6700, 32GB RAM, 870 EVO SSD x2, GTX 1080 Ti) Linksys EA9300 Router, Quest 2 and Quest Pro with Air Link/Virtual Desktop

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jdawg461976

Participant

v55 seems nice but had to opt out of PTC today due to many disconnects of airlink. didnt matter what wifi I jumped on, 6ghz, 5ghz would just drop me out and disconnect wifi. Looking forward to the final release, going to stay off the ptc for now.

nalex66

Honored Contributor

Just did a quick test with Link and Unity--no issues here, everything worked normally. I'm using cabled Link rather than AirLink (to keep my headset charged while I use it off and on all day), and my Unity project uses URP (Universal Render Pipeline) and Unity's XR Interaction Toolkit. I'm not using the Oculus integration package (someone mentioned that it may have been causing them issues). I tested the latest 2021 LTS version, as well as 2022 LTS. Unity 2022 LTS performs terribly in VR in the editor for me, but that's a separate issue (was already doing that before this update).

DK2, CV1, Go, Quest, Quest 2, Quest 3. Try my game: Cyclops Island Demo

JeffNik

Honored Contributor

I really appreciate the response - thanks for testing it. Has your Oculus PC client software been updated to V55 (if there is one)? Mine says V54 in the General settings at the bottom. I think I saw someone on here say that they have a V55 - maybe it will correct itself when I get V55 on the PC s/w as well. I'll also try setting up a new project from scratch. For now, I'll assume it's some problem specific to my environment and not a V55 issue.

nalex66

Honored Contributor

My PC app is on v55 (it updated itself last night). In the past, the PC app would work if you were within one version number of the Quest software, but I suppose in any given update, there could be some reason that doesn't hold true.

DK2, CV1, Go, Quest, Quest 2, Quest 3. Try my game: Cyclops Island Demo

Lordubuntu

Inspiring

I'm on v55 (both quest 2 and pc app), i don't know if it's related to this version specifically, but lately steamVR games won't start properly from the oculus dashboard. The games display only on the monitor. If i want to play in VR I have to launch steamVR first and then boot the game.

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Anonymous

so since v51 update we have been working on a fix for the custom launcher we have been working on to replace the standard oculus launcher.

something that you can sort your games to categorys and move every thing to custom screens v51 broke the drag and drop functionality which has took a while to find a workaround.

then i get v55 update today first thing i check is the launcher and low and behold meta devs have now broke yet another feature in the launcher now when i uninstall a game it force closes the launcher so it has has to be reopened everytime a game is uninstalled also meta browser no longer opens from it neither.

i understand you want to improve stuff but you guys are constantly breaking peoples work and to be fair 2 devs i know already gave up on making things till you get all the issues fixed you push updates and nothing seems fixed in the newer versions you just make more of peoples work break with every update....

Cythkato

New Participant

With v55 on my Quest 2, I still sometimes get artifacting near the right edge of my view that didn't happen before v53. Brief flashes of white or multi color dots or dashes mostly arrayed vertically.

Moriarti4

Up and Coming

Just updated to v55 on my quest 2 and the apps page no longer has that icon that lets you switch between installed/not installed/demo/unknown sources yet it is there on my quest pro with v55 ??? So I now longer access side quest etc.?

LuvinLife

Participant

I still have it on my Q2 when I open the apps list, click the funnel and then select unknown sources from the drop down. If it isn't there, try shutting the Q2 down and restarting. I've had a couple oddities that required an extra restart to clear.

Moriarti4

Up and Coming

Restarted several times and no luck, even did a factory reset followed by several restarts nope nothing!? found a work around thou, in the apps window select the search bar that then opens a new window and within that window is the pull down menu to be able to select unknown apps etc.