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roydmagnuson
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November 9, 2021

ETA on SDK v34?

Hey all - since passthrough API is totally broken with SDK 33 and Quest OS 34...is there a publicly stated ETA for SDK 34 release? I saw a tweet somewhere that it would be "Monday" (as in, 10/8 - yesterday), but that has on

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    JeffNik
    JeffNik
    Honored Contributor
    November 9, 2021

    The twitter post linked below says that the V34 SDK release was planned for yesterday and there is a big  Facebook Presence Platform / SparkAR Hackathon that started today - I dont see how you can get started with the Presense Platform if it hasn't been released yet... I have been watching developer.oculus.com ALL DAY yesterday and this morning anxiously awaiting the release.

     

    (1) Neel Bedekar on Twitter: "@Rengle820 That's by design(slightly unfortunate with the timing, I know😀😞 everything goes live on 11/8, with the V34 Oculus SDK release. That's when we'll publish a step-by-step developer guide. As a side note, I've played ProPutt many times, would love to see you integrate AppSW in it." / Twitter

    roydmagnusonAuthor
    Up and Coming
    November 9, 2021

    Thanks Jeff - glad it isn't just me!

    imvirtual
    New Participant
    November 9, 2021

    You’re not the only one waiting!

      jo78970
      Up and Coming
      November 10, 2021

      I'm waiting to release a new MR game for the quest, but it will have to hold for this update.  Do we have to make changes to our app in unity?  v34

       

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4StmcvXRh0

        JeffNik
        JeffNik
        Honored Contributor
        November 10, 2021

        Yeah - from what I understand, any passthrough app created with the experimental passthrough API (v33) has to be recompiled with the new PUBLISHED passthrough API in v34 (that we are waiting for) before it will work on Quest software V34 or above - but of course, we don't know exactly how the API has changed. 😞

         

        AND....  your app looks terrific! Can you describe the process you used to generate your occlusion geometry? Maybe we can friend-up and discuss it in some VR destination.

          tgaze
          New Participant
          November 10, 2021

          Is it possible that V34 also would break Bluetooth related permissions? 

          tgaze
          New Participant
          November 10, 2021

          Alright. I guess I’ll wait and see. On Monday I got a working Passthrough API and Bluetooth UART project onto the Quest 2. But it appears between a couple of tests, my headset was upgraded to v34. And haven’t been able to get either part to work again since.

          bitbyte159325
          New Participant
          November 10, 2021

          hoping this gets fixed soon. Passthrough API breaking also means the Facebook Hackathon is blocked from progress.

          roydmagnusonAuthor
          Up and Coming
          November 10, 2021

          yeah - I am suspecting something bad/sad/big happened 

          MinusEB
          New Participant
          November 10, 2021

          I have no information as to what's *actually* going on, but I booted up my device and PC today, and received v34 on my Quest 2, and v35 on the PC app.  

           

           

          roydmagnusonAuthor
          Up and Coming
          November 10, 2021

          Yeah - I have v34 on the Quest and I think v34 on the desktop app. The SDK still being at v33 is 😞 😞 😞 

          imvirtual
          New Participant
          November 11, 2021

          It's coming, should drop soon: 
          https://twitter.com/neelbedekar/status/1458488991569747974?s=20

          roydmagnusonAuthor
          Up and Coming
          November 11, 2021

          It is out on the Unity Asset Store now (but still not for download in the developer tools/Oculus site...)

            Anonymous
            November 12, 2021

            FYI -- for anyone watching this thread, v34 is available -- and Unity "Oculus Integration" has also been updated. Woot! Build a new project and confirmed that passthrough is back baby!! ðŸ™‚ Now non-experimental...

             

            https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/integration/oculus-integration-82022

              jo78970
              Up and Coming
              November 12, 2021

              Awesome! Are we able to submit passthrough games to the Oculus App lab / Oculus Store?

              jo78970
              Up and Coming
              November 12, 2021

              I updated to V34 and I am still getting a black screen.  The passthrough mode is not working.  Did anyone else get it to work?  Thanks

              roydmagnusonAuthor
              Up and Coming
              November 12, 2021

              Hey hey - make sure your backend is set to OpenXR, you have the OVR Layer on the camera rig and all the experimental set, and that you have enabled experimental mode on your quest. 

                jo78970
                Up and Coming
                November 12, 2021

                Thank you, I have done all three,  I am still not able to get passthrough. 

                 

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