Quest 2 / Quest Build 27.0 Release Notes

Still on V26 on the headset. BUT My PC Oculus application just upgraded this evening : app Oculus 27.0.0.45.507 (27.0.0.45.507). It seems that Link is currently working quite ok (1 crash of application, but no disconnection of Oculus Link without any other clue). I managed to play Star Wars Squadron VR 1h30 🙂 Quest 2 firmware didn't change, only the PC application thanks to the beta canal that I validated in the parameters

Before this upgrade and since the 26th of February, link was unusable (frequent disconnection, maximum 10 minutes OK and more often only 1 to 2 minutes before disconnection ...).

So it seems that V27 version of PC oculus software is good news for Oculus link

Over the course of the last 3 updates my USB bandwidth per the test in the PC software has been getting progressively lower with every software update.

Back on V23 I was getting 3-3.2gbps and performance was great aside from occasional audio distortion at high volume. Now on v27 on the headset and v26 on PC, that was been more than HALVED. I now get 1.3gbps and playing via Link is now noticeably choppy with reduced image quality even on games which are not particularly demanding.

And that is all via the generally more reliable USB-C port on my graphics card. On the motherboard port, I've gone from ~2gbps to LESS THAN 650mbps, which doesn't even meet minimum requirements. I know ASMedia ports can be touchy, but these losses are all 100% down to Oculus software.

Nevermind that the homescreen and certain native games on the headset itself are still stuttering because the GPU is not being ramped up properly, which is an issue now for 3 versions and FB haven't even acknowledged the problem despite it being a very common report, let alone set about fixing it.

The Quest 2 is pretty great hardware guys, but holy moly does your software leave a lot to be desired and recent changes are now actively harming the ability to use that hardware.

EDIT: Link issues are all with the official cable, but my third party cable gives similar results.

Stuck 72hz still dont fixed from beta and now everyone will get v27? We posted about it almost one month ago when v27 beta was released.

After v27 update, icons became black. It's visible though. lol

And Link speed became 2.5Gbps -> 1.2Gbps same as others... 😫

My Quest 2 automatically updated to V27 firmware from V26. Now, my official Oculus Link cable is being detected as only a USB 2.0 cable with a bandwidth of only 295 Mbps by the Oculus PC app. Before, with the V26 firmware, my cable was being detected as a USB 3.x cable with a bandwidth of 1.90 Gbps. This V27 headset firmware virtually destroyed my PC VR gaming experience. I can't get a refresh rate higher than 72 Hz and a resolution higher than 1.5x on the PC app since my cable is being detected as only USB2.0. Any way I can revert back to the V26 headset firmware? This is very frustrating and making me very angry.

Finally got my update to V27 on my Quest 1 last night.

Now to test it ..

I got the update today. Home menu is always stuttering. I had a lot of tracking issue when playing In Death unchained.

In others words, on my quest2, V27 = more new bugs (tracking issues). 😣😭

I won't put to much effort in complaining, since the devs don't seem to read/take in account their customer feedback.

OK, my Q1 updated from v25 to v27 today.  Not too sure what happened to v26, maybe it was more of an internal version, who knows?

Anyway, everything looks very good to me.  The home environment seems a little snappier.  YouTube and the Browser seems to scroll much smoother and fonts look a little sharper.  Tried a few mobile VR games and everything seemed work fine.  Actually I thought the loading times on these seemed a little faster and tracking seemed a little more solid.

I'm not using Link right now so I cannot comment on how it works but wireless w/Virtual Desktop worked great.  I played a few Oculus and Steam store games and they all worked very well.

Anyway, so far so good, and it's nice to see my Q1 still getting some love!  Thanks Oculus.

TomCgcmfc 

Have to be honest mines good to ... Had the update last night and no problems this end.

Even link seems very stable with no reported stuttering ?

After the update to V27 firmware, I'm now getting this error in the device manager whenever I plug in My Quest 2 to the PC using the official Oculus LInk cable :  Unknown USB Device (Port Reset Failed) - Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43). A USB port reset request failed.

I can still use Oculus Link but Oculus Link Home and PC VR gaming is very laggy. The Oculus PC app only detects my cable as USB2.0 with a very low bandwidth of 295 mbps and that's why my settings are limited to a refresh rate of 70 Hz and a resolution of 1.5x. 

With V26 firmware, I had none of these USB errors and problems. My cable was detected as USB3.x with a bandwidth of around 1.8 Gbps and I can set the Oculus PC app to 90 Hz and 1.7x and get smooth PC VR gaming.