We’ve upgraded the previous version of Passthrough on Quest to Passthrough+.
This updated version of Passthrough improves the representation of the real world around you by enhancing estimations of the depth, size and distance of objects in your real world environment.
Tracking
We know that many Quest owners use their headset to watch their favorite streams, shows, movies and more. To make this easier, you now have the option to turn off Quest's standard inside-out tracking when you don't need it, like for watching movies in the dark or dimly-lit rooms.
Tracking adjustments can be made in one of two ways:
If tracking is unable to function in your environment, an error message will provide an option to continue without tracking.
You can also manually turn off tracking by selecting Settings > Device > Tracking and switch the toggle to turn tracking off.
Remember that Guardian boundaries—and some apps—require tracking. Neither will work if tracking is off. To help avoid injury or damage, you should only use your Quest in a stationary standing or seated position when tracking is turned off.
Compatible Go/Gear VR apps for Quest
If you own one of 50+ compatible Oculus Go or Gear VR apps, you’ll now have the opportunity to download them from your library and play them on your Oculus Quest.
Learn more about how this program works and what apps are available for Quest.
Notifications
You can now adjust and customize your notification preferences from in-VR.
To access your notification settings in-VR, select Settings > Notifications and adjust the toggles to reflect your settings preferences for each notification type.
Manual Updates
You can now manually start an over the air (OTA) software update from your settings panel in-VR. This feature allows you to check for and begin software updates at any time once the update is made available for your headset.
To check for updates, select Settings > About > Software Update.
Remote Wipe
You can now perform a remote wipe from https://www.oculus.com on a Quest headset you no longer have direct access to.
Learn more about how to remote wipe on an Oculus Quest.
New Experiments
This section includes new features we’re testing for future releases. You can opt-in to experimental features by selecting Settings > Experiments in-VR. Please note, the experiments section includes features that are still being developed, and so you may encounter anything from minor-issues to app-crashes.
We’ve added People You May Knowsuggestions to your Quest in-VR feed. People You May Know is a feature designed to help you connect with people you may know who are also using Oculus.
These are the same suggestions you may have seen in the Oculus mobile and desktop apps, now available as part of the in-VR experience.
On Quest, you can now see when your friends beat your high score in games like Beat Saber. You’ll be able to see these updates in the Oculus mobile app, as well as in-VR.
Payments
As part of the second payment services directive (PSD2) issued by the EU, you may be asked to take additional security steps to authenticate your credit card.
Learn more about what this means in the help center.
Miscellaneous
Performance improvements when running some applications
How do I get the percentages back for the controller battery level? The green bars are much less useful.
People prefer percentages because it seems like you’re getting more information, but with batteries, it’s often a case of false precision. All they can really read is the battery’s output voltage, and good quality batteries aim to provide a consistent voltage over most of their lifespan. As a result, they really can’t read the remaining charge with the accuracy that percentages imply. I know my batteries generally show 80% when they’re freshly charged, drop to 60% after one or two uses, then stay there for a few weeks before dropping off further. That could be conveyed equally well with a bar that has a few increments.
For the headset, they can use additional information (like time in use) to make a better estimate, since it’s their own battery and they know its properties. For the controllers however, the bars are probably a better representation of the actual accuracy of the reading.
Was hoping I’d have it this morning, but nothing yet. By the way, although the updates do roll out in waves over a few days, I don’t think it has ever been confirmed to be region-based. It may well be totally random.
Has anybody else had problems since 9.0 update? My Quest worked for about one hour after I got the update and after that my device didn't load store or library anymore. And after about 20 seconds I got message systemux has stopped working and everything went black. I managed to reboot and the new device intro started to play. When I got the home screen, there was just empty room. No panels (home or store...). And after a while that same systemux messsage and black.
Factory reset was the only thing that worked and now I am back to firmwire ver. 8.
