Rift 1.17 (Public Test Channel) Release Notes

cybereality

FEATURES:

• Oculus Library:

  • You can now see detailed release notes for recent app updates, including the Oculus system software, from the Updates screen in Library.

  • You can now quickly launch all apps that support Rift from within the Oculus software, even if you acquired those apps from outside the Oculus Store.

• Mixed Reality Capture: Further improvements to the calibration tool.

BUG FIXES:

• Fixed an issue where reconnecting the Rift headset wouldn't fully restore functionality after being disconnected.
• Fixed an issue with lens slider settings not being respected in some situations.
• Fixed an issue with the floor shifting while you're in VR.
• Miscellaneous performance improvements, stability enhancement, and bug fixes.

Suitch

Are we just going to ignore this button that appeared in the Beta tab?

beyondinfinity

Suitch said:

Are we just going to ignore this button that appeared in the Beta tab?

I tried it and it emptied my library, can't do anything. Currently attempting a rollback to 1.16.

Suitch

Holy cow, are you serious? 

Suitch

That makes sense with the word 'demo', if it means for a full software demo; but if it is true then they should do an emergency hotfix to remove it.

beyondinfinity

Suitch said:

Holy cow, are you serious? 

Yep. I'm stuck with a screenshot from The Climb on my desktop and I can't see any of my games nor install anything either.

cybereality

Please DO NOT press the "Start a Demo" button. It's not working and shouldn't be there. Thanks.

beyondinfinity

Rolling back to 1.16 fixed the empty library. Updating back to 1.17 now and staying far away from that button.

cybereality

cybereality said:

Please DO NOT press the "Start a Demo" button. It's not working and shouldn't be there. Thanks.

Suitch

Thanks for rolling out that hotfix!

CyberMax007

I'm not able to see the Oculus software update release notes from the Updates screen. Can't click or right click the thing. I just updated to 1.17


Also, how can I see my Steam VR games from the Library?

Richooal

CyberMax007 said:

Also, how can I see my Steam VR games from the Library?

Hi CyberMax007,
That question is covered in the other 1.17 thread........

Third Party Apps and Rift 1.17 Update

Hope it helps

cybereality

I'm not sure the release notes are integrated yet. For 3rd party games, just launch them from outside Oculus and click OK when it asks you to add them.

Nacaryus

launching 3rd party apps from within home rocks, customer happy

Thmoas

Does this mean we can launch Steam games from within Oculus Home after we added them by just one button click? That's just awesome!

bigmike20vt

Nacaryus said:

launching 3rd party apps from within home rocks, customer happy

yep this is great news and i must be psychic as it was one of my moans on missing features that i posted a couple of days ago.

i shall scratch that off my list

danybonin

If you launch a steam game from oculus home, it will start steam / steam vr?

bigmike20vt

damn posted in wrong thread so pasting here too (the right thread)

1 thing i DONT like... the drop down option for uninstalled games is now gone, its instead part of a filter for your entire library... which is a step back imo. now i have added my steam games i will have probably 60 installed  titles in my home library.
having uninstalled as an entirely separate list is better imo as they stand out more..

Rzzar

"You can now see detailed release notes for recent app updates, including the Oculus system software, from the Updates screen in Library."

Finally!  I hate seeing "game updated" but can't read the patch notes.  

ShocksOculus

danybonin said:

If you launch a steam game from oculus home, it will start steam / steam vr?

Yes; but it's way quicker as it launches STEAMVR in the background (assuming you already have STEAM started). Thus it feels like going from Home and directly to your STEAMVR game.