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Inspiring
September 14, 2025
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Quest 2 v79 black passthrough

So after a few weeks without using my headset, I put it on today, it updates to v79, and now the passthrough cameras are completely black. Even when defining the play area I cannot see my environment. Any ideas on how to fix this?

 

    MetaStoreHelp
    Community Manager
    September 14, 2025

    Hey there KNP54, thanks for reaching out. We came across your post and wanted to offer some assistance. 

     

    We want all of our users to have the best experience, therefore, we know that passthrough is an integral part of great gameplay. 

     

    For more information regarding how to use passthrough as well as room lighting recommendations, please click here.

     

    In the meantime, would you mind restarting your headset? To do this, please follow the below steps:

    1. Whilst using your headset, press and hold the power button until you see the Power off screen.
    2. Select Restart

    Once these steps have been completed, your headset will turn itself off and back on again. 

     

    If, after this, you are still experiencing issues with passthrough, please don't hesitate to reach out to our wonderful Customer Support team so that one of our lovely colleagues can investigate this further for you. 

     

    Hope to see you in the Metaverse soon!

    If you're the author of a thread, remember to mark a reply as the Accepted Solution to help others find answers!

    3 replies

    MetaStoreHelp
    Community Manager
    September 14, 2025

    Hey there KNP54, thanks for reaching out. We came across your post and wanted to offer some assistance. 

     

    We want all of our users to have the best experience, therefore, we know that passthrough is an integral part of great gameplay. 

     

    For more information regarding how to use passthrough as well as room lighting recommendations, please click here.

     

    In the meantime, would you mind restarting your headset? To do this, please follow the below steps:

    1. Whilst using your headset, press and hold the power button until you see the Power off screen.
    2. Select Restart

    Once these steps have been completed, your headset will turn itself off and back on again. 

     

    If, after this, you are still experiencing issues with passthrough, please don't hesitate to reach out to our wonderful Customer Support team so that one of our lovely colleagues can investigate this further for you. 

     

    Hope to see you in the Metaverse soon!

    If you're the author of a thread, remember to mark a reply as the Accepted Solution to help others find answers!
    KNP54Author
    Inspiring
    September 18, 2025

    That's wierd, I thought powering it off by longpressing the power button and turning it on again would fix the problem, but no, I actually had to select restart like you said! Now it works!

     

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    New Participant
    October 27, 2025

    It worked for me too!