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ShowbizDonkey
Retired Support
These features and enhancements will become available starting on 11/13/2020



Oculus Move

  • From slashing boxes in Beat Saber to mowing down zombies in Arizona Sunshine, you can now keep track of the estimated calories you burn and how long you’ve been physically active across any app or game in VR with our new platform feature, Oculus Move
  • Oculus Move allows you to set daily goals and track progress based on estimated calories burned and time spent being physically active in VR.
  • Please note, Oculus Move is rolling out gradually starting next week, so some users may not see this feature right away.

Quest 2 Frame Rate

  • With this release, Quest 2 headsets can now run natively at 90 Hz by default. This higher frame rate has been shown to provide a smoother visual experience and improve your time spent in VR overall.
    • To start, system level software will run at 90 Hz. Additional app adoption is based on developer discretion. Developers will have full-access to this feature as part of the upcoming SDK release.

Voice Commands

  • You can now access your Voice Activity in your headset. This means that you’ll be able to view, hear and delete your voice interactions while you’re still in-VR. To manage your voice activity:
    • Put on your Quest or Quest 2 headset, then select Settings > Voice Commands > Activity Log
  • You’ll still be able to access your Voice Activity from your mobile app or from the Oculus website as well.

Voice Dictation

  • Automatic punctuation: No more saying ‘comma’ or ‘period’ when you want to add punctuation to your dictation. In this release we’ve added automatic punctuation and capitalization to Voice Dictation, making it easier and more efficient to type with your voice.
    • As you speak, dictation will automatically fill in periods, commas, question marks and capitalization. Afterwards, you can give us a thumbs up or thumbs down to provide feedback on your experience.
      • Note: This experience will gradually roll out to English speaking users in the US & Canada.
  • Dictation from the Search bar: Voice Dictation will now be conveniently integrated within the Oculus search bar. Instead of triggering dictation from the keyboard, you can now quickly find it in the Search bar where your query will auto-submit so you can get your search result within seconds.
    • Note: This experience will gradually roll out to English speaking users in the US & Canada.

Voice Commands, Voice Dictation & Predictive Text availability

  • All three features will now be available to English speaking users in Canada.
    • Please note these features will be rolled out to English speaking users in Canada gradually over time.

Accessibility

  • To help improve the readability of text in-VR, you now have the option to adjust the font size for text that appears in your headset. To do this, select Settings > Device > Text Size.

Mobile App

  • We’ve updated the Oculus mobile app to allow you to seamlessly launch app content the next time you put on your headset. This means that the next time you see a challenge you want to join or an event you want to attend in the mobile app, you can save it and have it show up in your headset.
    • Please note this feature is currently an experiment and may not be available to all users at this time.

System

  • We’ve made software enhancements to both Quest and Quest 2 to reduce latency and improve your in-VR experience.

In-VR Experience

  • To help keep you comfortable from anywhere in VR, you can now grab and move both the keyboard and menu bar to a more optimal position for your situation.
  • With this release we’ve introduced the ability to complete additional tasks from within an app without having to return to your Home. This means that sending friend requests, sharing media, making in-app purchases and more can be completed without leaving your current app or experience.
    • Please note, this feature is dependent on developers implementing Focus Awareness and updating their SDK to v23.
  • We've also rolled out the new universal menu bar to all first-generation Quest headsets.

Education

  • We know it can be overwhelming for new users to enter VR for the first time, so we’ve created some new features to help. These include:
    • Getting to Know your Quest: A series of mini tutorial experiences to introduce you to the basics of VR.
    • Progress bar: See which tutorials you’ve completed and what you can do next.
    • Achievements: Just like your favorite apps and games, get achievements for completing tutorials and leveling up the time you spend in-VR.
      • Please note that these features are part of an experiment and may not be available to all users at this time.

Browser

  • You can now seamlessly upload and download files to and from your headset via Browser. Upload a video to YouTube, download photos from Dropbox, or share files via Google Docs, all without ever having to leave VR.

Bug Reporting

  • We’ve introduced the ability for you to let us know when something isn’t working by reporting a bug. Bug reporting helps us recognize issues and make adjustments to improve your overall in-VR experience.
    • To report a bug, select Settings > About > Report a Bug or visit Quick Actions and select the Bug Reporter Icon.
    • Please note, the Bug Reporter is rolling out gradually, so some users may not see this feature right away.
    • Also please note, Oculus Support does not respond to bug submissions. If you need assistance, please contact our support team directly.

Quest apps on Quest 2

  • If you had a Quest headset and upgrade to a Quest 2, you’ll now have the option to automatically download your previously downloaded apps from your Quest when you finish setting up your Quest 2.
    • Note: You can always re-download apps associated with your account on a new device, this specific update streamlines the process by surfacing the option to download multiple apps at the end of your Quest 2 setup.

Quest Display

  • We’ve improved the Pixel density for Quest, leading to improved image resolution.
    • This enhancement is for the first-generation Oculus Quest only.

Casting

  • Sharing what’s happening in your headset just got even easier with web casting. With this update, we’ve enabled casting to oculus.com/casting on a desktop web browser such as Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge
  • When casting to the Oculus App on iOS and Android, you can now record what’s being cast directly on the phone where it will save to the device’s camera roll.

Fixes
  • We’ve made improvements to Guardian to reduce unintended drift or positional movement.
  • We’ve fixed a bug that caused some larger apps to fail to download.
  • We’ve fixed a bug that caused some headsets to go into sleep mode while actively watching video in media apps.
229 Comments
kevinwarhaft
Adventurer
i just got an update it must be 24 update
kevinwarhaft
Adventurer


i just got an update it must be 24 update


i was wrong still on 23 lol
Plumes
Explorer




i just got an update it must be 24 update


i was wrong still on 23 lol






i just got an update it must be 24 update


i was wrong still on 23 lol


I just updated myself. It's not 24.  Because after the update I always follow on 23. Nothing has changed
MystaMagoo
Heroic Explorer
where can we report bugs with latest update?
TomCgcmfc
MVP
MVP


where can we report bugs with latest update?


You should know the drill by now mate.  Contact Oculus Support and start a ticket.
MystaMagoo
Heroic Explorer

TomCgcmfc said:



where can we report bugs with latest update?


You should know the drill by now mate.  Contact Oculus Support and start a ticket.



Given my join date ye you'd say so 🙂 but my actual visitation here is another
Done that
Coffee_God
Explorer
Has anyone gotten anything other than a generic message from Oculus in response to support requests? They asked me for information regarding my headset and said they'd be back in touch but have not heard from them. It would be nice if someone from Oculus could post in the forum re: what they are doing about fixing the issues with tracking and other issues since this update (such as stuttering in PCVR games).
MystaMagoo
Heroic Explorer


Has anyone gotten anything other than a generic message from Oculus in response to support requests? They asked me for information regarding my headset and said they'd be back in touch but have not heard from them. It would be nice if someone from Oculus could post in the forum re: what they are doing about fixing the issues with tracking and other issues since this update (such as stuttering in PCVR games).



Dealing with me right now......
Coffee_God
Explorer
Does anyone have an update version above 23.0.0.87?
h.r.gargi
Heroic Explorer
No, that is the latest at this moment
Plumes
Explorer




what you experience here is FFR (Fixed Foveated Rendering).
the problem is, that there is no documentation at what level this is set by default.
My best practice was and is to use Sidequest where you can set the internal properties of the Quest.
So you can set FFR to default, off and several flavours of strength.
And - most important - you can set "Texture Resolution" from default (whatever that may be) up to 3072.
On my Quest-1 I use FFR off and Texture 2560.

The effect is clearly visible in Home-Screen and everything you play on the Quest.
It does not work its magic when using link though because then the settings of the PC-software take over.





Thank you for the information. Easier to commute than Quest AMS
markhollis
Expert Protege
anyone has the tracking lost issue with v23? i need to force reboot everytime
TomCgcmfc
MVP
MVP


anyone has the tracking lost issue with v23? i need to force reboot everytime


Try removing your guardian history, remove your controller batteries, restart your Quest, replace (fresh) batteries, and redo Guardian.  I seem to need to do this once in a while after some updates and/or if I'm using developer mode (with wireless w/Virtual Desktop) and have disabled/re-enabled Guardian a few times.
markhollis
Expert Protege

TomCgcmfc said:



anyone has the tracking lost issue with v23? i need to force reboot everytime


Try removing your guardian history, remove your controller batteries, restart your Quest, replace (fresh) batteries, and redo Guardian.  I seem to need to do this once in a while after some updates and/or if I'm using developer mode (with wireless w/Virtual Desktop) and have disabled/re-enabled Guardian a few times.


thank, ill try remove guardian history!
Anonymous
Not applicable
There is definitely an issue with this update! 

I had my Quest 2 since October 13th and everything was totally fine up until a few days after the v23 update done on my headset.

Problems I experienced: 
- Stuttering menus when scrolling
- Stuttering gameplay when recording video
- Stuttering passthrough when turning around
- Increased sensitivity to lighting conditions
- Frequent "lost tracking" message - especially when first booting up.
- Worse controller tracking: holding them out in front, the controllers would wobble slightly
- Looking up close to menus in Oculus Quest 2 home, the menus would move around slightly
- The ground would constantly be moving slightly 
- Worse game performance

All problems RESOLVED after a factory reset (at least for now).

 

Silversaberr
Honored Guest
Can't use oculus link since this update, I tried doing a factory reset, reinstallig the oculus software on pc but nothing helps. Every time I enable oculus link I get a black screen, then it sends me back to the quest 2 home, and after doing it a couple of times it shows a message "oculus link keeps stopping" but no help to resolve it. Anyoen have the same problem or maybe a solution?

Silversaberr
Honored Guest


Can't use oculus link since this update, I tried doing a factory reset, reinstallig the oculus software on pc but nothing helps. Every time I enable oculus link I get a black screen, then it sends me back to the quest 2 home, and after doing it a couple of times it shows a message "oculus link keeps stopping" but no help to resolve it. Anyoen have the same problem or maybe a solution?



Ok I found what the problem is, i updated the radeon software for my graphics card to the latest version ( it did that automatically so I didn't notice ;-;) So if anyone has an amd gpu and the radeon adrenalin software, don't update it.

Yobiwan29
Adventurer
Q2 owner here. I have to reset the guardian everyday. It was really perfect before this crap update. Sometimes the ground is not correct. Really, really annoying. I've cleaned the guardian history, reboot... And i just can't do a factory reset AGAIN. I've lost 3 times all my datas when I had the Q1 for the same reason. Factory reset because of guardian issues. Not again. Please fix it once and for all.
Oculus Quest could be a wonderful experience but because of that, I'm thinking of grabbing a good PC headset and resell this annoying device.
TomCgcmfc
MVP
MVP
Aside;
Seems there are two types of users on this thread; those who complain that they have not received an update and those that complain after they get it, lol!
joey_sfb
Honored Guest

TomCgcmfc said:

Aside;
Seems there are two types of users on this thread; those who complain that they have not received an update and those that complain after they get it, lol!


Please! I am here to monitor when to upgrade to v23. Looks like v21 is still a safer bet.
Jazfest
Honored Guest
I recently bought the Quest 2. How do we get updates on the headset? Are they automatic? Thanks!
lensmandave
Superstar

Jazfest said:

I recently bought the Quest 2. How do we get updates on the headset? Are they automatic? Thanks!


Yes, correct, they download automatically. New updates are distributed to different areas over several days.
Cat999
Explorer

Jazfest said:

I recently bought the Quest 2. How do we get updates on the headset? Are they automatic? Thanks!


You can also go to your settings in the About section.
When there is an update available, there is a button to click. 

Suggest to have your headset plugged into the power supply for the time of the update.
kevinwarhaft
Adventurer
update 24 should be out soon just guessing
joey_sfb
Honored Guest
v23.87 seems to be the latest patch. Does anyone receive a patch more recent than that?
h.r.gargi
Heroic Explorer

joey_sfb said:

v23.87 seems to be the latest patch. Does anyone receive a patch more recent than that?


No, me not.
CoolyCuts
Honored Guest
オートスリープバグが解消されてない。
warriorbot
Honored Guest
Great... Can't cut and paste, a basic computer function since the DAWN OF TIME,  or use lastpass making the browser a completely useless joke, but yeah we can set goals OOOOoooo. Why is this being developed by the marketing department and not actual engineers?
CaramelBananas
Honored Guest
Graphics settings seem to have disappeared via oculus link.....can't adjust refresh rate/render resolution anymore?