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PTC for Quest v.37

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Ryanality
Retired Support
4 years ago

The Public Test Channel (PTC) for Quest and Quest 2 v.37 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 as well if you notice anything.

 

If there are release notes to share ahead of time, I'll update this post with them. Also, if any known issues appear, I'll add them here as well with troubleshooting steps if needed.

 
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58 Comments

  • TomCgcmfc's avatar
    TomCgcmfc
    MVP
    4 years ago

    Thanks, I have not seen the v37 PTC rollout on my Q2 yet but I already have the Oculus PC desktop app at v37 PTC, which I assume you should use with this.  I'll let you know what I think as soon as I get the v37 PTC version on my Q2.  Cheers.

  • MystaMagoo's avatar
    MystaMagoo
    Heroic Explorer
    4 years ago

    TomCgcmfc 

    Do you get the black flickering desktop panel with your 3 series card?

    Fix is turning HDR off in win10.

    Can you check if they fixed it or its still a problem?

    HDR didn't/doesn't cause a problem with my GTX cards so.....

    • TomCgcmfc's avatar
      TomCgcmfc
      MVP
      4 years ago

      MystaMagoo  My monitor is not HDR certified so I can’t enable it with win10 settings.  Maybe just as well since there seems to be numerous posts on this forum and Reddit about HDR causing a lot of problems with PCVR.

      • MystaMagoo's avatar
        MystaMagoo
        Heroic Explorer
        4 years ago
        TomCgcmfc wrote:

        MystaMagoo  My monitor is not HDR certified so I can’t enable it with win10 settings.  Maybe just as well since there seems to be numerous posts on this forum and Reddit about HDR causing a lot of problems with PCVR.

        This is 1st I hear about HDR being the fix/problem.

        Didn't have problem with GTX1080 and TV was HDR enabled then so maybe it's these 3 series cards or the RTX family.

  • alzahhar3's avatar
    alzahhar3
    Explorer
    4 years ago

    Where can we find notes or any indication to what's new/fixed in the nee PTC updates?

  • Sphar-Kee's avatar
    Sphar-Kee
    Protege
    4 years ago

    "SystemUX keeps stopping" error message.

    I get this message everytime i open the "Personalization\Virtual Environment tab.. Specifically when i try to click an environment or scroll down. I tried about 5 times, 2 of which required me to restart the headset (stuck on the three dots).

    other than this, no problems.. the only change i have seen so far is that "Adjust Height" has moved to Accessibility/Mobility options.. Anything else new?. What happened to v.36?

     

    Ryanality wrote:

    The Public Test Channel (PTC) for Quest and Quest 2 v.37 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 as well if y

    • barcalaci84's avatar
      barcalaci84
      Honored Guest
      4 years ago

      Same "SystemUX keeps stopping" error message when I try to use Personalization / Virtual environment tab

      • TomCgcmfc's avatar
        TomCgcmfc
        MVP
        4 years ago

        barcalaci84  Sphar-Kee   I just got v37ptc on my Q2 today and I did not see this Error message when I went into Personalisation/Virtual tab.  I tried switching to a few different environments without any problems.  I also tried this with 120Hz experimental and it worked fine.  I normally just stick with 120Hz disabled because I don't see any improvements with 120Hz, just shorter battery life and my Q2 headset is a bit warmer (but not hot).

         

        I also tried Air Link with Oculus PC desktop app on v37ptc and all the Oculus, Steam, and VivePort games worked fine.  

         

        Overall, I have not seen any significant difference so far.  Seems nice and stable, that's the main thing.

         

        Like many updates (and this one includes a firmware update, including controllers) I often find it useful to get rid of Guardian history and re-do it after a restart.  Also, sometimes takes a few restarts for some features to appear.

         

        It will be useful to see some release notes for both Quest and PC app v37ptc.

         

        Edit;  win10 and nvidia 497.29 driver.

    • JishG's avatar
      JishG
      Honored Guest
      4 years ago

      I had this error message too. I had custom environments installed so i uninstalled them to test if that was the problem and it was.

  • Ryanality's avatar
    Ryanality
    Retired Support
    4 years ago

    Hi all, thanks for reporting the issue with custom environments, I've forwarded it over to the team and they're investigating it. I'll let you know if they need any further details.

  • JP_Fr's avatar
    JP_Fr
    Member
    4 years ago

    Since the last update the image with the link is more blurred and droopy than the version 35 It is horrible

    • TomCgcmfc's avatar
      TomCgcmfc
      MVP
      4 years ago

      JP_Fr  v37ptc looks the same as v35 to me with both Link and Air Link.  Maybe try opting into the Oculus Desktop app beta v37ptc if you have not already done this.  Also check your device graphics settings and ODT.

    • krillme's avatar
      krillme
      Protege
      4 years ago

      I'm having a similar problem. On PTC v37 I'm having much blurrier visuals and significantly increased chromatic aberration across all Quest apps including Link. Link Sharpening seems very oversharpened now as well, however that might just be because of the previous option.

       

      Here is an image I found on Reddit showing the problem.

       

      Have any changes been made to chromatic aberration, lens correction, or link sharpening in the PTC? Is there a way to opt-out of PTC and return to the stable branch so I can confirm for myself this is where these issues originated from?

  • siesar's avatar
    siesar
    Explorer
    4 years ago

    Hello

    i dowload today V37.

    It seem without issue at the moment, but i dont see nothing of new. 
    I found before one video where tell the possibility with a part to invite in home friends, and create more configuration in pass-through about real room, but.. i dont find nothing options for try this ...

    Where can i find it?

  • CptAnonymou5's avatar
    CptAnonymou5
    Explorer
    4 years ago

    so many ppl buy quest 2 to play rift pc games, Meta kills 99% of all Rift dev crap. We dont want to be forced to play Mobile Meta Games that most casual ppl are okay with. Plz for the love of the Holy Grail bring back the Rift games you bought up all those dev's what are they doing ?? 🙂

     

    rant over,

    thx =")

  • Ryanality's avatar
    Ryanality
    Retired Support
    4 years ago

    Thanks for testing everyone! I've forwarded feedback on over to the team, but please do make sure to put in reports whenever you see things, along with sharing it here. The more details the better!

     

    Also, it's critical that we all stay friendly on the community, disagreement is fine, but remember rule one, "don't be a jerk." Bullying, attacks on other users, and inappropriate behavior doesn't have a place here, and we will remove members from the community forums if they can't play nice with others.