While many of us are no doubt waiting on whatever the Steam Frame turns out to be, Valve have released the latest stable SteamVR release with lots of bug fixes. There’s even a couple in there for Linux too.<\/p>\n
Valve say they are continuing to focus on OpenXR as their preferred API for new games and apps, and so a lot of their work keeps focusing on that. Which would also make sense if the Steam Frame arrives as a VR kit, sticking to an open standard would be good.<\/p>\n
Here’s everything that’s changed:<\/p>\n
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SteamVR:<\/p>\n
Source: Valve<\/a><\/p>\n
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\n\tFix a crash that could occur when the AMD GPU driver was installed but no AMD GPU was present.
\n\tFixed compatibility mode bindings showing as custom bindings when they are remapped default bindings.
\n\tAutomatically prefer installing the Oasis Driver for Windows Mixed Reality<\/a> when running on a Windows version too new to support the Windows driver.
\n\tRoomview is independently enabled for VR vs non-VR gameplay.
\n\tMinor UX improvements to improve consistency with Steam (window reflectivity, colors, etc).
\n\tAdded setting (general -> advanced) to disable IPD HUD.
\n\tReduced memory usage for user interface textures (improved performance).
\n\tFix for the Default \/ Custom binding toggle in the Settings UI not working properly in some cases.
\n\tFix for Recenter and Room View buttons not showing up in some cases.
\n\tFix desktop settings showing a completely black screen (under error reporting conditions).
\n\tBy default, Controller Compatibility Mode will now show users their physical controller render models (but still return simulated names to games).
\n\tAdded new options to Controller Compatibility Mode render model simulation.
\n\tFixed a few cases where controller input would be broken if a game or steam had been moved.
\n\tFixed the Input Debugger not displaying some content correctly.
\n\tFixed some issues with Pico controllers using Controller Compatibility Mode.
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\nSteamVR Home:
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\n\tFixed crash when hosting or joining rooms.
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\nLinux:
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\n\tFix rare crash when attempting to load render models.
\n\tFix settings crash when navigating to \u201cDeveloper\u201d in SteamVR Settings.
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\nSteam Link:
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\n\tFix excess CPU usage that could occur when the performance graph was never visible during a session.
\n\tNew frame pacing: Improves \u201cpopping,\u201d judder, and other smoothness \/ latency issues for controllers or other animated content. Note this change does affect timing for VR applications on the host PC; please report any new gameplay issues.
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\nOpenXR:
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\n\tSupport XR_KHR_locate_spaces.
\n\tFixed a bug where apps that didn\u2019t submit projection layers would see a 100ms wait on alternating frames with some drivers.
\n\tWhen a requested time querying xrLocateSpace is outside of reasonable bounds, return XR_SUCCESS with an empty pose, instead of returning XR_ERROR_TIME_INVALID.
\n\tSupport XR_META_recommended_layer_resolution.
\n\tRegister SteamVR as an available runtime in the Windows Registry when SteamVR is defaulted to the active runtime.
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\n\tUX architecture improvements to improve consistency with Steam, including library versions and error handling.
\n\tImproved UX for ‘mirrored device debug rendering’.
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