v.81 PTC Release Thread

I'm not sure if this was added with PTC v81 or was already integrated before, but I just now really noticed that you can launch PCVR games directly in the Quest without going through Meta Link.

And I think that's an awesome feature. You get into the game very quickly and the friction is massively reduced—well done. Now, of course, comes the "but." There are features missing that are simply essential for wireless streaming. The user needs to be able to adjust several things themselves, such as the codec and the bitrate (even beyond 200 Mbps if they have the hardware). They need a performance overlay to monitor the current status of the wireless connection, a supersampling slider to push for higher render targets when the game doesn't offer it, and they should be able to decide whether a motion reprojection method should be permanently enabled.

All of these great features already e

xist, but unfortunately, they are hidden in your Oculus Debug Tool. How about you (finally, I have to say) integrate these features directly into Meta Link itself? The Oculus Debug Tool is not a pleasant user experience, and while launching apps directly via shortcuts is absolutely cool, it loses much of its value if you still have to run back to your PC to change settings.

Suggestion for improvement:
Take a look at how Virtual Desktop does it and consider if there are some things you could adopt—from the UI and the available settings to some of the general ideas they offer. Wouldn't it be cool if you could simply press both joysticks and an overlay with performance metrics would appear? 

Both my Quest headsets are on PTC but only my Pro has received ver 81. Yesterday and today both received update ver 79:1033. Any ideas? My Quest 2 is on ver 79:1034 my Pro is ver 81:1034. A lot of issues but I do like the direction they seem to be headed.

This version must be as buggy as hell ?? It's been 2 weeks now and only a handful of people have received v81 it's the only reason I can think that this roll out has taken so long, don't get me wrong it's a good thing if that's the reason, it means Meta is finally listening to the PTC crowd that report bugs. Or it is so buggy that they have stopped the rollout until after Meta-Connect as not to have to explain to the press what all the issues are ? 

Q3

Pro controllers

yep i updated since i was on the public beta testing let my headset download the update restart the controllers show updating notification well it went away in a few secs the controllers turned from flashing purple as it does during update to white and well my PRO CONTROLLERS on my Q3 is tracking the complete wrong bloody way fantastic headset update.

Mind you all i did was restart didn't touch the controllers just to come back to fcked tracking.

They were working fine b4 update. Unpaired controllers repair they well tried to update didn't work and well got the same results. Stuck here waiting for an update... downloaded the update 8/10/25

Its like Meta does stuff right to only break my stuff after I haven't touched it in 3 months. Like please can you not break my stuff just from some code?

Yes META your update of V81... Broke my controller tracking. I need to face my controllers towards me to get them to face the proper way on the screen of vr...

Increase more PTC quotas. I have been trying to rejoin PTC for the past two months and it has been fully staffed.

I got an update to v81 today that seems to have fixed the resizing 2D app windows bug.

v81.1034

Got the v.81 ptc update today.everything works great accept i cannot access the new horizons central or concerts as it keeps saying its installing at gets stuck on that. Been like it since i downloaded it.done alot of troubleshooting but still nothing.

offbeatkid i got the v.81 update today on the ptc channel. Everything is working ok accept i cannot access the new meta horizons central or concerts as it just keeps saying installing. I even try clicking the portal in immersive home and i get a messege saying this is downloading we will let you no when its ready.done some troubleshooting with meta support on whatsapp but nothing works

As I have been posting my Pro and Quest 2 were all jacked up but happy to post what I did and it fixed everything on both headsets. Here is what I did.

Here's the latest.

My Quest 2 came up with update to ver 81 and I thought maybe it would fix the issues I was having so I updated.

After it installed I only had passthrough and nothing worked still all screwed up. Bummer.

Being retired from IT I remembered reading to sometimes getting an update was tether to your phone. So I did. Guess what? Everything worked.💪🤔

Tried with my Pro everything worked. I unplugged my router for 30 seconds put both headsets back on my network and now both headsets are running smooth as butter. I can't find anything that doesn't work right.

My Pro said it had an update to ver 81 so I took it. Everything is working great and the update added PCVR games to my drop-down menu.

I've tried just about everything I could think of everything and I mean everything is working smooth as butter. 🤪👍

I guess I'll post my fix it may help someone else. Thanks so much for your help and I'll keep you posted.

okeyone 

I’m not sure when you upgraded to what it looks like now but how in the heck do you see anything?  Reminds me of the liquid glass on apple.  I was in hospital with extreme food poisoning so went from V78 to Ptc v81.  Please isn’t there a setting so i can see what the heck I’m doing?