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Quest PTC v44 Release Megathread

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The Public Test Channel (PTC) for Quest and Quest 2 v44 is starting to roll out. Let's use this thread for collecting feedback on it. 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.

Thanks to everyone testing out PTC and sharing your feedback! We appreciate your help testing out the core functionality of software as we develop!

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AzeezAncelo

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I have a reason to believe that you guys screwed up Cable Link with 42+. The last time I used cable link I was on 41 and everything worked fine. Despite numerous driver updates, repairing the PC app, reinstalling the PC app etc. Cable Link does not work. AirLink still works though, so I don't think it's an Nvidia problem.

Tried multiple cables, they all transfer data through adb etc but they don't start the Link dash, I think Oculus software thinks I still enabled AirLink and refuses to launch dash over Cable.

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phobos20771

Up and Coming

Cable Link works for me. Although, there is a slight downgrade - now you have to make additional button press to into link. And also sometimes when you start Oculus app on PC, it sees the connected headset as "inactive" (green empty circle) and I have to physically re-plug it for the connection to become active again.

TastyChimera

Participant

Oh oh oh I actually have a helpful tip for once! If you are one of the people (like me) who had to unplug their quest link cable every oculus pc software reboot and occasionally when link crashed?
I discovered that toggling AirLink on and off then waiting a few seconds resets the connection. Saves our usb ports some wear and tear. And the toggle is right there in the same link window.

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fiocco10

Participant

Hello, could you add percentage to all the adjustment sliders ? because it is not easy to adjust with precision currently with -/+ without the value, please, thank you.

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NomadsAnIsland

Honored Contributor

Or at least show the center/zero point.

RyanalityAuthor

Honored Contributor

Hey everyone, the team is working on an issue right on the PTC build after a few reports of folks being unable to login back in to the PC app with Quest PTC. If you're having trouble after updating, a workaround that's been fixing things so far is to restart the program using the Task Manager function in Windows. Look for the program called "OVRService" and stop that. You should be able to log in fine after that.

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Oulucsvr

New Participant

v43 air link无法normal work，当我的耳机开始连接时它只显示三个点并一直黑

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MetaJMK

New Participant

Any way to get added to this or is it really “closed”?

BubblzZz

Participant

The Guardian System is a major culprit that causes massive stutters, glitching screen, and what I would describe as unplayable flickering when activated with PCVR. Restarting the headset solves the problem... that is until you move into and activate the guardian wall again while in PCVR. Then the stutter/glitching starts... and can not be stopped until you either restart the headset, on fully disable guardian. Activating passthrough mode while in PCVR also instantly cause this problem too and there's no turning back. Either restart your headset or fully disable Guardian. I've had to resort to playing PCVR with Q2 seated with Guardian disabled now. How are basic things like this that never used to be an issue becoming more and more frequent after every update? When Airlink first launched it was excellent!...but now this software continues to get worse and worse.

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phobos20771

Up and Coming

Because Meta doesn't care about PCVR. There has been no noticeable improvements to Link in a very long time. All updates are targeted towards standalone Quest 2 functionality, which is explained by it being the main focus of the device and standalone VR market being the hot thing right now. Still, it's a shame, they marketed Quest 2 as "all-in-one VR" initially, but now seems to abandon this concept.

Example: current virtual audio driver has compatibility issues with certain hardware they just don't care to try and fix. At least they could've added some debug functionality to change audio buffering settings, that would've most likely allowed people like me to work around the issues. But no. Why bother, right?

For me, Cable Link is how I use Quest 2 99% of the time. I just don't find most standalone apps appealing. I bought Quest 2 for image clarity, and what's the point of this amazing screen when you use mobile GPU to render the image? Desktop GPU will always be way ahead in capabilities to render beautiful virtual worlds, because of physics (approaching physical limit of node size push newer GPU's to be larger and more power hungry) while the main appeal of next-gen VR headsets is the reduction in size. There is a big push for streamed gaming, but it doesn't currently work even for slow TV-gaming for many areas because requires good internet infrastructure, not to mention the low-latency requirements of VR applications. So I just don't see the PC VR being replaced by anything if you want to experience beautiful VR worlds.

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ShocksVR

Inspiring

phobos2077 wrote:
Because Meta doesn't care about PCVR. There has been no noticeable improvements to Link in a very long time.

Link Sharpening; both the introduction and an improvement update
AirLink
120 hz display support
Link Mobile ASW - AirLink framerate insurance mode

There's also the rumor of a new hardware device - 'Air Bridge' USB dongle for a seamless wireless PCVR experience.

i7-7700k, Zotac RTX 3080 AMP Holo (10G), QuestPro, Quest 2 Previous: Oculus GO, Oculus RIFT - 3 sensor Room-scale, Oculus Rift S

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Proudtron

New Participant

I have observed that this update is messing with side quest apps

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MrsMoe53

New Participant

PLEASE do something about automatic updates! I don't want or need updates to apps and system without my say so. It used to be you could select UPDATES when you saw the blue dots on apps in the app grid - and then select which ones to update and more importantly - WHEN to update. I only have DSL internet - I couldn't play AT ALL yesterday because updates were happening right in the middle of game play. Also - what in heck is up with the headsets starting themselves up? I power down - and come back to find the headset ON and at 12% battery life. WHY??!!

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BlinkySNEP

New Participant

When is the Airlink MIC issue going to be fixed it works for a while in windows 10 and 11 after a full updates then the driver breaks the driver is STILL F**** dated for 2021 uninstalling reinstalling doesn't work. A FULL windows install only works then it breaks again AIRLINK or QUEST Cable same issue no mic default set all that **bleep** that oculus makes you check but wont **bleep**ing listen to users .

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Guido981

New Participant

Hello, but what are the news for this new version?

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