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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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    JorgTheElder
    JorgTheElder
    Up and Coming
    June 18, 2023

    What the heck happened? When I first got the the v55 PTC, the library was finally fixed and using my preferred filter and sorting as set in Settings -> Personalization. 

    Now, it is back to showing my full purchase history (All) and the filter button is gone. 

    No one in their right mind wants to see their full purchase history every time they open their library. What is the point of letting you set a preferred filer and sort if the library is not going to use it? This has been broken and fixed at lease 3 times in the last 6 months. 

      Paradise1990
      New Participant
      June 18, 2023

      I dont understand what is happening. I had serious stutter issue using airlink since v54. I switched on PTC to get V55 and the issue got worse. After multiple tests for days , and reading through the entire post on this topic, I gave up trying to find a fix and decided to wait for the next update. Today, I tried and had no more issue with airlink. Butter smooth , no lags . The fact is I didnt change anything on my Quest 2, and my internet connection hasnt changed. Same for the pc. The oculus pc app is still at the same firmware. No updates since yesterday (and I still use airlink to preview my game on unreal engine every day even with the stutters.) What the hell happened ??? I' m not complaining, but as a developper I d like to understand. Does the headset/pc app do silent updates ? Did this happened to anyone else? 

       

      Update: Well... After taking a 15 min lunch break, stutters are back.  I didnt completely shut off my Quest. Just sleep mode. I tried rebooting it, but doesnt fix the issue. Stutters stutters and stutters. I really dont get it. Before Lunch I had not a single stutter. And I was on it for more than an hour... What the hell

      Ausimui
      Participant
      June 18, 2023

      Hope this would help anyone with the same situation as i had before:

      Problem: updated to v54/v55
      - stutter as xxxx
      - frequent disconnect
      - quest pro almost unusable

      Solution:
      - (important) stopped using airlink
      - use VD (MUST use beta version)
      - wifi 6 either disable it altogether or fixed the bandwidth to either 80mhz/160mhz

      Hope this gives some alternative to anyone who has been experiencing this BS and have been so fed up with the disconnecting and stuttering.  

        LuvinLife
        LuvinLife
        Participant
        June 18, 2023

        I really enjoy the new skybox (experimental feature) picture function.  I use sidequest to save my Audio Trip maps offline and add others.

        New oddity since the last update that I have been able to reproduce:

        If I just connect the headset to the computer with a cable, all is fine. If I load import/export files and then go back into the headset the personalized picture is gone and the default home skybox is there.  Or sometimes it is just black where the skybox should be.  If I leave it as is and open a game and then exit the game to go back 'home', the personalized picture is back in action. There is some type of refresh for it that is triggering at odd times. 

        I prefer to have the attached view than the default one.  🙂

        Vicvoc
        Inspiring
        June 19, 2023

        I got the rainbow pixels artifact for the first time after updating to PTC v55 this weekend.
        Never had it before, not on v53 or v54.

        I'm using VD, so no airlink. (stopped using airlink when it got busted in v53)

        dojjah
        Participant
        June 19, 2023

        I'm not sure if there was an update to v55 late last week or not, I didn't initiate one myself, but my complaints about passthrough are resolved - it's quite solid for me now.  I did increase the lighting in my room which may have also had an affect, so anyone with similar issues as I listed before may want to try that as well.

        Good VD performance (HEVC 10-bit) for PCVR using the High resolution setting with SGSR and am really happy/downright surprised how good it looks (3080 10G).  Standalone is running very smoothly as well including when having QGO enhancements enabled.  

        I am seeing the pixel artifacts still, they're intermittent and as other's have mentioned are more noticeable in dark sense(which makes sense since they're white...like how glare is easier to ignore in bright scenes).

        Specifically with the new virtual environment the mirror causes bad performance, though others have reported it affects multiple.  If I move away from the default location in Futura it seems to help but I assume that's only because it's lowering the mirror's render res. I don't have the same issue in Abstraction however. 

        lostinartmagic
        lostinartmagic
        Participant
        June 20, 2023

        They appear to applied an OTA hotfix for the issue.
        It's entirely gone for me also with no changes to my rl environment. 

        FinlessBob
        Up and Coming
        June 20, 2023

        Not sure a new hotfix went out.  Check what you have.  I am currently on the below which came out about 4 days ago.

        55.0.0.94.713.484388084
        Runtime 55.0.0.94.713.484387702
        OS SQ3A.220605.009.A1

        jdawg461976
        Participant
        June 20, 2023

        my battery does that, but other days it does get to 100%. the green lights are on, but yes often times i will check, 97%, controllers will get to 93% but other days i check it and all at 100%, its hit or miss mostly miss. My headset is around 2 months old.

          lostinartmagic
          lostinartmagic
          Participant
          June 21, 2023

          Even better, just put my headset on for the first time today and am now on v55.0.0.111.713.x and wow!
          Meta have pulled something sweet out of the bag.
          Pro Controller detection is now almost instantaneous, I rebooted a couple of times & sure enough it's bang on!

            FinlessBob
            Up and Coming
            June 21, 2023

            I was out to dinner and came back to find I just got that same update!  Now to do some tests to see if I still have the random white pixels sprinkling on the left side.

              FinlessBob
              Up and Coming
              June 21, 2023

              Nope, random pixel bands are still there in this release too. 😞

              TomCgcmfc
              Honored Contributor
              June 21, 2023
              FinlessBob wrote:

              Nope, random pixel bands are still there in this release too. 😞

              I also got the new v55ptc 55.0.0.111.713 earlier today on both my QPro and Q2.  Everything is running very smoothly with standalone and wireless PCVR using Air Link.  Prior to this update I would occasionally see some white sparkles in dark startup menus like the SteamVR Void and dark menus like with Air car or the standalone Tripp app.  These seem to be fixed now, for me at least.  I did do a few full power down/restarts and cleared my Guardian history after the update..

              Not sure if this has improved my Q2 battery management issues.  I have it charging right now so I guess I'll find out soon and report back.  Cheers

              Edit; Nope, Q2 battery management is still no-go-to 100% or Green Light, lol!

              Controller tracking seems fine but on both headsets I still get a ghost image upon startup looking at the mirror and I get an outline around my controllers (both headsets).  These seem to fix up by themselves and stabilize after about 10-15 seconds.

              Tested out a few standalone, Oculus, Steam, and VivePort apps and these seem to work fine.  Also msfs is working great.

              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 21, 2023

                "I still get a ghost image upon startup looking at the mirror and I get an outline around my controllers (both headsets).  These seem to fix up by themselves and stabilize after about 10-15 seconds."

                 

                I see this too but I think it is a feature as the passthrough is on and 'fades" out to the menu each time waking from sleep.  At least I thought it was some kind of feature.

                Anagan79
                Inspiring
                June 21, 2023

                The latest v55.0.0.111.713.486310262 seems to have fixed the USB debug prompt screen and APK installation issues. Good news

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