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PTC v72 Release Thread

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Hey Everyone,

The Public Test Channel (PTC) for Quest v72 is starting to roll out soon for Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro, Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest 3S.

If you're seeing an issue or bug after updating to PTC v72:

1) For issues: Go to our Get Help board and search for any existing thread on the issue, if you don't find one, make a new thread. Please add the tag "PTC v72" to the thread and in the title. This way everyone can look for just PTC v72 issues too.

2) For bugs: If you come across a bug, please post each one you spot in its own thread, to keep track of individual issues separately.

Share your impressions in the comments below and let us know if you see any issues.

Please make sure to also send in bug reports along with posting on the forums 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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Anonymous

Buetigame and why should I believe your opinion

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Buetigame

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Anonymous it's a fact... believe it or not, i don't care.

Cool... you can even buy and install games for Q1 👍

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TomCgcmfc

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Anonymous I really don’t see your point about needing to go PTC. This certainly isn’t something I plan to ever do again. Sorry if that invalidates all my observations and opinions.

Also, my Q2 is still on non-PTC v71. Still no v72 update is currently available.

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

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TomCgcmfc

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Buetigame Glad your good old Q1 is still working well with Link. I retired mine +8 months ago. OLED was nice, but way too much SDE, for me anyway. My QPro with local dimming does almost as good blacks, but with much better clarity. Each to their own I guess. 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

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Anonymous

TomCgcmfc my point is it's not for new users, V72 is on PTC for new users and old by Meta.

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TomCgcmfc

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Anonymous Sorry mate I still don’t get this. Maybe I’m missing something.

I just got new v72 updates today. My QPro to build 5054538.11390.530 and Q3 to build 5047332.15120.510

I can’t say if noticed any significant differences. My QPro is still on the old UI panels. I may try out my Q2 later but for me this isn’t a high priority right 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

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Buetigame

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TomCgcmfc I'm not really "playing" with it, I'm technically playing with it to see what such an old and discarded device still can do today. Look at Galaxy Kart for example (released 08/2024 and bougt today with a hefty 90% off)... you can buy, install and play it on a Q1, but the performance isn't "that great" (which is an understatement!).

Previously you have to take care, that the desktop app version is not too far away from firmware on the device. That has changed (a year ago or two?) and there is no problem to use the pretty old Q1 with v50 as a PCVR device with the actual v72 desktop app. Even the store is functional as seen with Galaxy Kart today.

That's a good one and Meta seems to care about that.

Technically you're so right, it's pretty "old" (mostly in terms of performance). But the OLED reminds me of better days like with your pro... and seeing it hurts me in two ways:

the deep blacks and the outstanding contrast
the very annoying SDE along with the low resolution and also the ghosting

Every three to six months I get it out, look for firmware updates and if everything works... then put it back. After some days I forgot about the OLED and have uncompromising fun with the Q3 🤣

The Q2 does as a 2nd device... to play with friends and for backup.
Really, I wouldn't live without VR!