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Ryanality
Ryanality
Honored Contributor
June 7, 2023

PTC v55 Release Megathread

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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    Mapa3
    Inspiring
    June 15, 2023

    To Meta Team,
    I have tested V54 via Airlink followed by Air Bridge. Both presented similar tearing/lag issue. No improvement.
    While inspection of performance metric via HUD I can see bitrate stuck at 10. Changing settings in debug tool or in AirLink app made no difference. 

    erickrlima
    Participant
    June 15, 2023

    I`ve received an update of v55 today.

    1. The huge performance when looking at the mirror persists. If you get too close to it, the fps goes down by half. And no matter how far you are from the mirror, everytime you look in it's direction, the frames starts to drop on every environment that have a mirror.
    2. The flashing pixels problem persists. It doesn't show up in screen recordings for some reason, but i will record externally to show the difference between the native recording and external. The issue seems to get worse when you open the oculus menu over an application. So maybe it's something to do with spacewarp? When the fps is low, it  starts to trigger and some airtifacts shows up, idk.
    3. Flashing pixels shows up mostly in dark backgrounds, but not exclusively.
    4. Network latency spikes didn't return, airlink and vd runs as usual for me. 
      erickrlima
      Participant
      June 16, 2023

      That's the problem i was talking about. These flashing pixels doesn't show in a native recording, only on the display. This is the place where i get the worse experience. The app is Walkabout Minigolf in Zerzura map. 

        FinlessBob
        Up and Coming
        June 16, 2023

        A PTC update just happened today for me.  Let's see what has changed or fixed 🙂

        I was on
        55.00.71.713.482426767
        Runtime 55.00.71.713.482406052
        OS SQ3A.220605.009.A1

        Now on
        55.0.0.94.713.484388084
        Runtime 55.0.0.94.713.484387702
        OS SQ3A.220605.009.A1


          LuvinLife
          LuvinLife
          Participant
          June 16, 2023

          I just got a new PC and Q2 build tonight. I noticed that there is a 'Time' category in the Settings\System menu and not sure if Power got added as well. I am used to seeing the System Update category and now have to scroll to see it.

          I'm still trying to understand why someone changed the Explore window to be half the size. Now 2 squares/options appear on the left side and when I hover over a friend's name their name disappears so that the chat/call functions can be shown - not the name connected to them.

          I think a reasonable size (if not given the option to resize them) for a window would be the same size as the current Store one or how the Explore window used to be prior to this release. 

          Not sure what else has changed yet.

            Stugabaranda
            Up and Coming
            June 16, 2023
            Confirm PTC update from
            System version:
            50577570021100150
            Version
            55.0.0.71.713.482426767
            Runtime version
            55.0.0.71.713.482406052
            OS version
            SQ3Q.220605.009.A1
            to
            55.0.0.94.713.484388084
            Runtime 55.0.0.94.713.484387702
            OS SQ3A.220605.009.A1
             
            Oculus PC also received PTC update to 55.0.0.91.272 (55.0.0.91.272)
             
            My Quest 2 hasn't received any changes in terms of graphics, performance, user interface since the first v55 ptc release.
            I have not noticed and am able to report whether this firmware includes the performance boost announced in the showcase.
            I can only continue to confirm the device is smooth and well usable in all its basic functions compared to v54.
             
            However I would suggest to Ryanality  that you share some release notes as you release updates so that beta testers can focus more on what to test.
            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
              TomCgcmfc
              Honored Contributor
              June 17, 2023
              Stugabaranda wrote:
              Confirm PTC update from
              System version:
              50577570021100150
              Version
              55.0.0.71.713.482426767
              Runtime version
              55.0.0.71.713.482406052
              OS version
              SQ3Q.220605.009.A1
              to
              55.0.0.94.713.484388084
              Runtime 55.0.0.94.713.484387702
              OS SQ3A.220605.009.A1
               
              Oculus PC also received PTC update to 55.0.0.91.272 (55.0.0.91.272)
               
              My Quest 2 hasn't received any changes in terms of graphics, performance, user interface since the first v55 ptc release.
              I have not noticed and am able to report whether this firmware includes the performance boost announced in the showcase.
              I can only continue to confirm the device is smooth and well usable in all its basic functions compared to v54.
               
              However I would suggest to Ryanality  that you share some release notes as you release updates so that beta testers can focus more on what to test.

              Thanks, I also just got v55ptc updates on both my Q2 and QPro.  So far I also don't see any differences or improvements.  Minor complaints are that my QPro controllers still take too long to stabilize in the Quest home and the Q2 battery management issue is still not completely fixed (at least the headset now charges up to 97% but the green light still never goes on).  Otherwise, everything is still playable.

              Aside; I only see those occasional white sparkles if I enable mobile asw in ODT.

              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
                FinlessBob
                Up and Coming
                June 17, 2023

                As for you battery charging.  I doubt it's the firmware.  I had this happen to where it would not charge all the way and this will get worse and worse.  Your battery is starting to fail.  Mine got to the point it would only charge to about 70%.  I ordered and replaced the battery myself.  I did a video on how to replace the battery.  It is not for the faint of heart if you are not mechanically inclined.
                Video:
                https://youtu.be/hu4-Ly3eFTw


                Moriarti4
                Moriarti4
                Up and Coming
                June 16, 2023

                This is a question for any user that can code even a little bit (I can't) how long would it take you to change the default icon attached to a piece of software ? I think you can see where i'm going with this !?! November 2021 Oculus was rebranded as Meta and still Oculus is plastered everywhere ! Now I know a lot of people preferred the Oculus branding (me too) but for new people (non tech savvy) are going to get into VR then do it under one banner otherwise they just get confused ! I had to explain to a friend that Oculus and Meta are the same and when asked why not under the same name all I could say is LAZY I guess! So please Dev's sort out the naming on the next build we want more people to buy into VR as this encourages investment and development. 

                botekastel
                New Participant
                June 16, 2023

                Annoyingly, PTC v54 wifi worked perfectly for me. Then the public v54 broke wifi, and v55 ptc made anything reliant on wifi unuseable unless I set airlink to 10 mbps.  

                dojjah
                Participant
                June 16, 2023

                I'm experiencing really bad passthrough performance with v55.  The cameras fall out of sync quickly and easily and it can't quite seem to stitch the scene together properly resulting in a warped image and "drunk" feel. Within minutes of turning it on even only for a background using the web browser I begin to get motion sickness - which hasn't happened to me in VR in a very long time.  If I switch to a VR home instead of passthrough, I don't get the same feeling.

                lostinartmagic
                lostinartmagic
                Participant
                June 17, 2023

                Same issue here, I posted here and on Twitter with no acknowledgement from anyone at Meta.
                A number of people have confirmed they have the same issue on my Twitter thread.

                https://communityforums.atmeta.com/t5/Announcements/PTC-v55-Release-Megathread/m-p/1057661/highlight/true#M4668

                https://twitter.com/LostInArtMagic/status/1667238970172776471

                Anonymous
                June 17, 2023

                Ryanality 

                unsure if you are aware or if anyone has posted but games that are 3rd party games if you try to install the apk from on the headset it closes and wont install.

                also i have tryed a few games where you need to setup the room to play unfortunately for some reason i cannot progress beyond any room setup it just tells me i need to setup the room after i have already completed it and cannot progress to play the games... The main game in question is Rube Goldberg Workshop.

                 

                BisonTruffle
                New Participant
                June 18, 2023

                Been having unplayable lag in Breachers since v54 and v55 PTC does not fix it even after multiple factory resets. Been going on for weeks. This applies to Airlink/Virtual Desktop/other games when I last tried too but I'm not going out of my way after the 10th+ factory headset to test extra apps/games at this point. Tried a 2nd headset I have with v47 on it but Breachers forces an update to v54/v55. These updates effectively ruined the internet on all my Meta devices and there is no way to rollback. Excellent work killing off a long term daily habitual user Meta developers, kudos. 

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