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Ryanality
Ryanality
Honored Contributor
November 2, 2021

Quest build v34 release notes

These features and enhancements will become available starting the week of November 1st, 2021.

Guardian

  • With this release we’re introducing Space Sense to Guardian. Space Sense allows you to see things like people and pets entering your Play Space when using Roomscale Guardian. To enable Space Sense, navigate your Settings > Experimental features. Learn more about Guardian and Space Sense.
    • Please note this feature is only available on Quest 2 headsets.
    • Space Sense is not available for Stationary Guardian.
  • In addition to Space Sense, we’re currently testing additional guardian features as part of this release. Keep in mind that these features are still in development and won’t be seen by all users.
  • We’ve improved notifications when you enter a low-light situation and are at risk of losing tracking.

Horizon Home

  • We’re introducing a new personal workspace environment in Horizon Home today, so you can trade out that snowy mountain lodge for something a bit more professional if you’re sitting down to get some work done.

2D Apps for Multitasking

  • We’re introducing 2D apps to the Oculus Store. The first apps available in the Store are Facebook, Instagram, Smartsheet, and Spike. More apps will follow soon. Developers can get started building and testing PWAs today and we’ll share more about when you can submit to App Lab soon.
  • 2D apps take advantage of Quest’s powerful multitasking features. You can turn on the latest multitasking features by enabling “Multitasking” in the Experimental section of the Settings app.

Android Phone Notifications

Standby Battery Life

  • We’ve adjusted battery parameters to increase the standby life on Quest and Quest 2 headsets.

Link and Air Link

  • We’ve enabled secure pairing for Air Link to enhance security and improve your experience for Air Link. Users who have V34 on both Quest and PC will experience a new and improved pairing flow for launching into Air Link.
  • For best performance on Link and Air Link, please use Windows 10. Windows 11 is not yet supported with our Oculus PC software.

Voice Commands

  • You can now do more with Voice Commands. With this release, you can now ask about the weather, enable or disable the Oculus Move tracker during your next workout, and other general questions. You can also use Voice Commands to control your media and open your settings. Learn more about supported Voice Commands.
  • Example commands include:
    • Weather: “What’s the weather like today?”, “What’s the weather for tomorrow?”
    • Media Control: “Pause”, “Resume”, “Next”, “Go back”
    • Oculus Move: “Show activity tracker”, “Hide calorie tracker”
    • General Questions: “What is ten to the power of forty three?”, “What is 20 Celsius in Fahrenheit?”, “How many calories in three eggs?”

Public Test Channel (PTC)

  • Quest Public Test Channel (PTC) is an early access program for Oculus Quest software releases. By signing up, you can get early access to the unreleased software version ahead of the public release.
  • See here to learn more about how to sign up for PTC.

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the progress bar was showing incorrect information when downloading a game or app.
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    Genericat
    Genericat
    Up and Coming
    November 3, 2021

    Where can I find a list of all voice commands?

    MetaStoreHelp
    MetaStoreHelp
    Community Manager
    November 3, 2021

    Hey Scott-Jon, just jumping in here to share this link with you that will show even more of the voice commands that you can try out!

    If you're the author of a thread, remember to mark a reply as the Accepted Solution to help others find answers!
    nalex66
    nalex66
    Honored Contributor
    November 3, 2021

    I just turned on my Quest 2, and I was surprised to find that I have v34 already. (It usually takes longer, but I'm not complaining!) Space Sense is pretty neat, but not great for seated use, as I can always see my legs outlined in pink. I'll just continue to use Stationary Guardian for seated use, which eliminates that issue.

     

    Unfortunately, this update seems to have removed Stationary Guardian 2.0, which was introduced in v25 and eliminated the visible grid for Stationary Guardian (it ignored your controllers/hands, and simply faded to a passthrough view if your headset crossed the border). I've been using that a lot, and found it to be a big improvement over the older version (I don't need to see the grid if I'm not moving around). As soon as I booted up with v34, I was seeing the grid of my Stationary Guardian whenever I moved my controllers, and I don't see anything in the Settings menu to get back to an invisible stationary grid.

     

    Edit: I've seen someone mention on Reddit that while setting up a Stationary Guardian, they got a notification that Passthrough Boundary was now the default setting rather than experimental. I definitely didn't see that, but maybe it means that Stationary Guardian 2.0 was pulled back when it went from experimental to default, and it will roll back out over time like some features do. I hope so, because seeing the grid all the time makes Stationary Guardian much less pleasant to use.

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      TomCgcmfc
      Honored Contributor
      November 3, 2021

      nalex66 Reset/Forget your guardian history and after a restart setup your stationary again.  This gives me the fade into passthrough without gridlines you want, and only when the headset approaches the boundary, not the controllers.

       

      It's often a good idea to forget the guardian history, sometimes also Experimental settings as well after v.... updates.

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      nalex66
      nalex66
      Honored Contributor
      November 3, 2021

      Thanks, Tom. I tried that, but my stationary Guardian still shows the grid. I think it's just a slow feature rollout thing. I was going to try the Quest PTC to see if that got it back, but I'm not getting the option in my phone app yet.

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        AlexiTQ
        Up and Coming
        November 3, 2021

        Oculus Link fixed yet?

        OEJ
        New Participant
        November 3, 2021

        I'm pretty bummed out I accepted Microsoft's invite to upgrade to Windows 11. Looking forward to Oculus/11 compatibility.

        xeno3d
        Up and Coming
        November 4, 2021

        I don't even have a a PTC toggle in my mobile app

        TomCgcmfc
        Honored Contributor
        November 4, 2021

        I opted into the ptc beta on my oculus desktop app today and it took me from v33 final to v35 ptc.  I did not notice any differences with Link or Air Link. My Q2 is on v34. The v35 ptc 'what's new' panel actually says v34 but the settings general at bottom says it's v35.  I did notice a new paring procedure with Air Link.  This required you to confirm the pairing 6 digit code that shows up on your PC app is correct and you need to confirm this by viewing it on your Desktop app.  Seemed to work ok, just a bit confusing.


        I'm not really sure if I should have stayed with v35 ptc. I opted out of beta, and it took me back to v33. I also ran a PC app Repair and that also ended up with v33. I might just leave it this way for now and wait for v33 to be properly updated to v34 (or maybe Oculus will skip this and go to v35, who knows?). It would be good to hear from Oculus on what's best to do here imho.

         

        BTW, v35 ptc did not fix the Link/Air Link stationary passthough bug but at least it did shutdown X Plane 11 ok.  The previous v34 ptc I tried a couple of weeks ago did not shut it down properly and I needed to use task manager to kill it.  I reported this so it looks like Oculus fixed this in now.

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        MystaMagoo
        Honored Contributor
        November 4, 2021

        So my FB accounted oculus software updates to v34.

        I log out and then log back in to the same oculus software but with my oculus account.

        It updates to v33?From v34!

         

        Is this where FB splits from oculus ?

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        BeatrizSLFVR
        New Participant
        November 4, 2021

        When will the keyboard be fixed? We have half of our release apps broke because users can't use the keyboard.

        https://forums.oculusvr.com/t5/Unity-VR-Development/Keyboard-Overlay-broken-with-v33-update/td-p/885519

        Anonymous
        November 5, 2021

        What's up with you, guys?

        The rollut of new releases is device- (Quest) and user- (Desktop-App) specific.

        Also it did'd folow a fixed order, so it comes earlier or later... for me up to 14 days after release.

         

        There ist nothing you can do to "force" it, or somewhat - so keep calm and wait.

         

        The previous version is v33, the actual release is v34 (and comes until mid november), the PTC logic wise v35.

        Login to PTC for Quest is limited, so if there is no option, you couldn't get in because it's full.

        Try later and have luck, if there are enough people leaving the PTC for Quest.

         

        Thank's for reading.

          MystaMagoo
          Honored Contributor
          November 6, 2021

          I get downgraded on pc to v33 from v34 when I use my oculus account to log in.

          Upgrade to v34 from v33 when using FB account.

          oculus account obviously much older than the FB one.

           

          so as an oculus user I'm not allowed v34 yet to the point I'm downgraded when the software is already at v34?

          non of the headsets see v34 yet................

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          vfragos
          Up and Coming
          November 6, 2021

          Please anyone kind enough to help me on this. I had an RTX 2080 and a 2700X cpu. Now i have a RTX 3080TI and a 5900X and the oculus software still suggest the same resolution for Oculus link, 72hz and 1X 3616X1840. What is the correct recommended resolution for the RTX 3080TI can't be the same. Thanks everyone in advance.

          nalex66
          nalex66
          Honored Contributor
          November 6, 2021

          I run Link at 1.7 (5408x2736) and 90 Hz with my RTX 3080 Ti. I would recommend cranking it up to see how it performs. The recommended settings may be based on other factors than just your GPU, but you’re free to play with the settings to find what works best for you.

          DK2, CV1, Go, Quest, Quest 2, Quest 3. Try my game: Cyclops Island Demo
            vfragos
            Up and Coming
            November 6, 2021

            Thank you! What are the recommended settings on your oculus app? My cpu is also top of the line.

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