The Public Test Channel (PTC) for Quest and Quest 2 v41 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 alsosend in bug reportsalong with posting here if you notice anything going wrong.
When sharing feedback, try to include as much detail as possible to help the team investigate.
First comment and first test Group I guess wohoo lucky me but uh yeah
I have been testing the setup room and I manged to brake it by adding to many objects that the walls started to disappear I have yet to do it again to see if it was a fluke.
I have the v41 downloaded and I don’t see any noticeable changes. Am I missing something? I got a couple of things that were supposed to be in v40 and I already had the room setup feature before I downloaded v41, so I am kind of scratching my head here…
Ok so after playing around with v41, I did notice some improvement with the latency issues and couple of othe but fixes. 😃 As for features, there is a new color space feature in experimental that lets you toggle between a "Natural" setting and a "Vibrant" setting. It also looks like they finally calibrated the "Room Setup - Experimental" feature to work in your Horizon Home! All of the items in my room that I mapped out, now register as active guardians in my Horizon Home, which makes it much easier to avoid bumping into things! This also makes it possible to add more than one couch and desk to your Horizon Home and have visual representations for all of them!
I love seeing advancements in our home space and it makes me even more excited for what's to come! Thank you Meta!
I’m just curious, but does anyone in this forum besides me, use there Quest 2 for Productivity/Workspace and/or Entertainment (Movie Watching, YouTube, & Social Media, etc) use? I don’t game all that much but my Quest 2 has already replaced my computer in a lot of ways. Can anyone else relate?
- "Space Sense" is no longer available for me (which doesn't really make a difference, as the implementation of it sadly made it useless because static objects would show up - even with the distance settings). I hope Space Sense comes back in an improved version, where only moving "objects"/creatures show up + with proper distance units instead of bodyparts like feet etc.
- There is still no option to set the way the time should be displayed, so it still forces you to use the ambiguous system where you need to read numbers + letters like "AM" and "PM" instead of merely looking at the numbers like in e.g. 20:32.
Hey, Ryan. If you check out my history, I'm fairly active on these forums and am always jumping in to try new bleeding edge features - I've been a Oculus/Meta fan from the very beginning - I own a DK1. My app is saying the PTC is full, but is there any chance of putting me in? I would be a good addition to it, and would be able to provide a lot of feedback for you.
I’m just curious, but does anyone in this forum besides me, use there Quest 2 for Productivity/Workspace and/or Entertainment (Movie Watching, YouTube, & Social Media, etc) use? I don’t game all that much but my Quest 2 has already replaced my computer in a lot of ways. Can anyone else relate?
Movie watching & a bit of browsing, yes. I do game but don't have a ton of time. Curious how are you using it for productivity, is it Virtual Desktop or are there specific apps ?
Well for our agency, I use my Meta Quest Browser to access my Slack, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, Asana, Canva and my LinkedIn Sales Navigator. I also use my file viewer to view content we create, and the native Facebook and Instagram Apps to review our prospects and/or clients pages.
As for collaboration with others, I meet with the founder of our Agency in Horizon Workrooms every week and host Agency Partners as well from time to time. I am also a part of a Facebook Group that meets in Horizon Workrooms and co-works together every week. We workshop different ways to use VR for business and sometimes just work on our own projects in the same room, similar to going to a coffee shop with your laptop. I tend to have a hard time making these meetings because we try to find times that work with people in different times zones all around the world, but when I can make it, the experience is absolutely amazing! I am the only PTC member in our group, so I also post videos of me demoing up and coming features as they come out and lend my perspective on how it affects our objective to use our Quest 2 sets for our specific industries. I also do how to videos on how to use Horizon Workrooms.
I don't know many people that have already made the leap to using their Quest 2 as there daily computer like myself, but as things progress, more and more people are seeing this device as not just a viable option, but in ways has the potential to be a better one! I am hoping that Project Cambria changes the game and really is something that can compete with the type of computers we're all are accustomed to using!
@Ryanality& @MetaQuestSupport while we are on the subject, these are some of the things that would really help people like me who what to work in their Horizon Home:
Full compatibility with Google Business Apps. It currently works, but it's a bit limited and buggy since Meta Quest Browser is not a supported browser with Google.
Gmail started defaulting to the HTML version on the Meta Quest Browser about a couple of updates ago. This really downgrades my experience, because I have no access to inbox categories, images, and quick actions in the HTML version of Gmail. A fix on this is extremely necessary for me to be able to continue to use my Quest 2 as a stand alone productivity device. Hopefully we will eventually see a native 2d app for Gmail some day. 🤞
Last but not least: Widgets, Widgets, and more Widgets! We have people in our Facebook Group that wont use Meta Quest Browser for work, simply because there are no Widgets! People love their widgets apparently! HAHA!
All and all though, I love the progress I have seen so far and as I have said in my previous post, I am excited for what the future brings! 😃
I tried a few times to work in Excel using the web browser. I really need to have my PC. I'm waiting for VD to allow tracked keyboards and will try again. can you let me know how it replaced your computer?
Hi, my quest 2 doesn't hold the battery for a day without being used. This never happened before. When I come back from work I have to recharge it. I don't even have time to enjoy it anymore :(.
@Ryanality I have a question for ya. Do you have any idea when the new co-presence feature for Horizon Home will be available to PTC members? I would love to test it out and give feedback before it drops publicly!
I'm in the PTC, but whenever I check for updates in my headset it says none available..? am I doing something wrong..? Or is this another example of UK users getting left behind..??
In v40 I set the bitrate to 955Mbps, and the Alex game feels very real. With the same settings in v41, you can see that the bitrate is forcibly set to 500Mpbs through the log of Oculus DebugTool. At this time, although it is difficult to directly see the difference in image quality, but the sense of realism has disappeared.
Just received the v41 updates yesterday (the PC version first then the Headset). During game play PRIOR to the headset update there were no problems. As soon as the V41 installed on the headset I experienced bad stutter or Lag on the games (not Home) that I had been in. Factory reset the HMD, and retested with the problem still there. It turned out that the wired LINK was the cause (Airlink was fine) as though data was being pumped to the HMD in an irregular fashion causing at some times the top/bottom of the screen to shift to one side or the other or images out of place momentarily. The Usb cable was moved to all other sockets with no change and replacing the cable with another (unused/in the wrapper) cable (tested both between 2.9 and 3.1 Gbps) made no change.
Thanks for sharing everyone, I'd like to get this in front of the team but could use some more details for the report! For those of you experiencing FPS issues or any latency with v41, can you confirm for me if this is happening only when on Link or Airlink or if this happens using standalone Quest 2? Also, if you notice this only in games or if it comes up when in home? For those with lag on PCVR, what version Windows are you running 10/11?
Please make sure that you've reported this through the report a bug feature, as well.
Sorry, forgot the operating system part. Mine is windows 10 (will NOT update to 11). Airlink SEEMS unaffected as does the "Homeless" Oculus home (contradiction? lol.). The Quest Link when running intensive games is where I find the problem, most of my games are on Steam and the ones in my HMD were erased with the factory reset. Dropping the Quest link in the performance setting to "recommended" and also on Steam VR did not show an improvement for the problem.
OS is Win10. I tested Beat Saber and Pistol Whip in both versions - PCVR and standalone. Standalone doesn't seem to be a problem. Connected with a cable to the PC, I have these stutters..... When playing with Airlink, the view is no longer clear when the cubes come faster. I don't usually use Airlink so I don't know if this is normal or just came with this version.
I don't know if this problem occurs in my home either... I never stay in my home long enough to feel a difference😂 Sorry.
By the way - today these lags are less frequent and not that hard than yesterday. At least for me.
Thanks for the details everyone! The engineering team identified an issue that was causing some FPS/stuttering issues on PCVR and they're starting to roll out a fix for it. I'll update you all when I've gotten confirmation that it's out for everyone!
Just received the PCVR update to 42.0.0.136.285 and in the few mins I was able to test it I could raise the recommended Quest 2 setting to 1.2 at 72 Hz and set Steam VR back to normal game settings with no noticed problems in Quest Link (for the 10 mins I was in) such as the bad stutter and screen jumps. I Liked the setting for Quest link and Air Link being in the same window now. Thank you for your work!