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Ryanality
Ryanality
Honored Contributor
March 10, 2022

Quest build v38 release notes

These features and enhancements will become available starting the week of March 8th, 2022.

App Library

  • When you are in a Party any owned apps that support enhanced Multiplayer features will be highlighted, making it easier to jump into a multiplayer game/app.

Recently Met

  • You can now view, join and friend recently met players by pressing the Oculus home button when in a game/app.
    • You can also see people you recently played with in the People Tab as well as in the Oculus Mobile App.

MR Couch and Desk

  • MR Couch and Desk are moving from Experimental features to the Guardian settings. Now all users will be able to place persistent desks and couches in their Horizon Home environment.

Tracking Updates

  • We're making improvements to the tracking system on your device. Some users will need to create a new Guardian.

Settings Updates

  • We’ve redesigned the Settings page to make it easier to find what you‘re looking for.
  • In addition to design enhancements, we’re adding a search bar in the Settings menu to use when you know exactly what you’re looking for.

Logo Updates

  • We’ve updated some of the UI elements to use the Meta Logo.

Tooltips

  • Hovering over an option in the Quick Action Menu brings up a tooltip to help guide you through the various Quick Actions available.

Keyboard and Bluetooth

  • Tracked Keyboards and BT settings will now be moving from Experimental Features to Device Settings.
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    AlexiTQ
    Up and Coming
    March 11, 2022

    Are you still ignoring long standing issues or is there a fix yet? What about Windows 11 support?

      CaryMGVR
      CaryMGVR
      Up and Coming
      March 12, 2022

      The ENTIRE UI needs a top-to-bottom redo.

      It's cumbersome af and not the least bit intuitive.

      Plus confusing redundancies all over the place ....

      Add to that such a big deal has been made about the name switch to "Meta",

      and the bootlogo is now the Meta symbol, but to use the Voice Assistant,

      the triggerphrase is: "Hey Facebook" ....  Not to mention the fact

      that we've had just three new Home Enviornments in as many years ....

      You want Joe Bestbuyer to use virtual reality?  Clean this mess up, stat.

      killazozo420
      New Participant
      March 12, 2022

      What about rift s?? Should make rift part of it too sa lot of people prefer pcvr its better

      CrimsonSky3000
      Participant
      March 12, 2022

      Will the tracking improvements apply to quest 1 also?

      Hwangit
      New Participant
      March 13, 2022

      tracking issue

       

      https://youtube.com/shorts/s28_7THebXQ?feature=share

      TomCgcmfc
      Honored Contributor
      March 13, 2022

      I got the v38 update today on my Q2.  All seems fine but I did need to redo my guardian on both my Q2 home and also Rift home.  Overall, the clarity does seem a little better.

      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
      YouFoundJacket
      New Participant
      March 14, 2022

      Is it out and how to Update Im sort of new

      TomCgcmfc
      Honored Contributor
      March 14, 2022

      YouFoundJacket These updates are rolled out so you should get it within a few weeks.  Really nothing to worry about imho since the previous v37 worked fine for most, including myself.  Otherwise, contact Oculus Support 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
      Jeffah24
      Jeffah24
      Participant
      March 14, 2022

      Ok, I’m getting increasingly frustrated with features being REMOVED.  This update removed the battery charge indicator from the menu bar.  I spoke to support and they confirmed that this was intended.  WHY on earth?  WHY would you remove this?  Update 29 removed the controller battery indicators from the menu bar and stuck them on the controllers which we can’t always see, and now with Update 38 the headset battery indicator is removed entirely!  I now have to open the menu bar AND go into settings just to see the battery charge level of my headset. This is asinine!  I have ONE game I play which not only has the most intense graphics of any game I have on the Q2, but it has a watch on your wrist that shows tons of info, including the time, headset battery and controller battery levels. So it cannot possibly be a resource issue.  This is pure stupidity, tbh.  I’m still quite upset that the Go Live (to Facebook) feature was removed when it was the main reason I purchased this headset over all others available on the market.  Make changes?  Go ahead.  Add features?  Please do!  Stop taking away functionality and making this headset less and less appealing to want to use anymore.  

        Anonymous
        March 16, 2022

        I am on the latest update and still have my battery indicators

          Jeffah24
          Jeffah24
          Participant
          March 23, 2022

          Well, to silence the naysayers and to prove Oculus Support correct, I did a factory reset on my headset last night.  It even downloaded some updates to my controllers and headset during this process.  Once complete, and before I even changed any settings or downloaded any apps, the headset battery indicator is not showing on the menu bar above the wifi symbol.  As I was told, this was done intentionally.  It should be put back.  Headset battery level is a much more important indicator than the wifi symbol.  There’s room for both. 

            TomCgcmfc
            Honored Contributor
            March 15, 2022

            OK, I got a second v38 update today (v38.0.0.63.727.351486028, runtime 38.0.0.82.728.356477935).  All seems to work fine with my Q2/rtx3090 using both Link and Air Link.  I did need to redo my Quest home guardian again but did not need to do this in the Rift home this time (on Oculus desktop PTC v38 btw).  Not a lot in it but the clarity in the Quest home and Rift home seems a little nicer/sharper.  Tested out a number of Oculus, Steam, and VivePort apps and a few flight/racing sims and these all worked great.

             

            I'm not sure what the big deal about battery levels go?  Jeffah24  The headset battery is shown graphically on the Quest home dashboard (next to wifi) and it seems pretty accurate (even shows charging if you are connected to a charger).  The Q2 controller lights/dots show up very well in the Quest home.  If you want exact #'s all you need to do is press the quick menu and both headset and controller battery levels are shown on the top left.  With my elite strap with battery it even shows both battery levels.  In the Rift home you can see your battery and volume levels by hovering on the far right 3 dots on the dashboard.  So, all seems fine to me but if you want something different I guess you can post something in the feed back/Ideas threads.

            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
              Jeffah24
              Jeffah24
              Participant
              March 15, 2022

              TomCgcmfc — I’m sorry, but you are mistaken.  The headset battery is NOT shown graphically on the Quest home dashboard any longer.  It was removed from here in the current update.  As stated in my post, I contacted support who confirmed that this was intentional.  When I remarked how bad this is, they said they agreed, and are unsure why the devs felt the need to remove the indicator from the menu bar. Lastly, opening up settings to view the battery levels while sitting in your home is not an issue … unless you consider it acceptable to pull out your cell phone, open it, unlock it, and then have to open the settings app just to check the battery level.  As I said, this is asinine… including the fact that originally you could see the exact percentages of ALL batteries on the menu bar until update 29 came out.  Once again, as stated, they keep removing things.  

              TomCgcmfc
              Honored Contributor
              March 15, 2022

              Jeffah24  I just got the second v38 update on my Q2 today and the battery icon is displayed on my dashboard menu just left of the WiFi icon.  Not sure why I seem to have it and you don’t???

               

              Edit;  maybe caused by the quest beta test channel?  I opted out of this over a month ago so just got v38 a few days ago and then another v38 update today.  Maybe check the version/runtime numbers I included today and see if they match yours.  Another Meta Mystery, lol!

              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
              Anonymous
              March 15, 2022

              When will the missing library/ account log out issues relating to the update be fixed? 

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