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Last updated: 07 Sep 2026, 06:27 GMT

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01 Sep 2026Developer post
SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.17.8
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issu
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues. The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. To get the most up-to-date features for Steam Link for Meta Quest, please opt-in to the Steam Link for Meta Quest Beta here as well as the SteamVR Beta.
Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here. SteamVR:
Improve dashboard placement and motion behavior.
Prevent several cases that would cause video corruption on NVIDIA cards when using Steam Link.
When an overlay’s grab handle is selected, the joystick now pushes and pulls it faster.
Fix keyboard summon/dismiss triggering dashboard motion.
Fix crash using Steam Link on Linux when games submit invalid textures.
Fix stutters when using Steam Link on NVIDIA cards.
Improve streaming recovery when using Steam Link on Linux.
Move less frequently used window controls to “Additional Options” Menu, and added option to toggle curvature.
Steam Link:
Adds initial support for USB streaming.
USB streaming can be used without WiFi by opting into the Steam Client Beta.
Fix loading spinner flickering when framerate in game is low.
Fix case where wrong framerates could show in SteamVR Settings.
Latency improvements.
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10 Aug 2026Developer post
SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.17.7
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issu
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues. The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here. SteamVR:
Recenter (long press system button) is cancellable (B button)
Improved Exit button consistency with Steam
Fixed additional cases of SteamVR dashboard bar disappearance
Show user notification when headset framerate changes
Additional improvements to wired headset support on Linux (which previously required third-party add-on layers)
Steam Link:
Fixed being unable to switch active laser pointer hand when using hand tracking
Numerous stability improvements
OpenXR:
Improved integrations between HMDs with cameras and chaperone
EDIT: "Adds new options for depth-based reprojection" was listed in a prior version of this post. This feature has not shipped, so we've removed it from the list.
As a reminder, the current SteamVR beta cycle requires the Steam Client Beta for the new UI refresh. Instructions to opt in are here.
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22 Jul 2026Developer post
SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.17.6
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issu
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues. The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here. SteamVR:
Fix missing dashboard icons for non-Steam VR apps.
Fix stale Per-App Video Settings when switching the dialog from one app to another, then back again.
As a reminder, the current SteamVR beta cycle requires the Steam Client Beta for the new UI refresh. Instructions to opt in are here.
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17 Jul 2026Developer post
SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.17.4 / 2.17.5
Today's SteamVR beta makes more Steam features available in VR. In order to see the new UI , you must also opt into the Steam Client Beta . This is an initial preview, with more features coming in additional updates during this beta cycle. To opt into the SteamVR Beta, follow the
Today's SteamVR beta makes more Steam features available in VR.
In order to see the new UI, you must also opt into the Steam Client Beta. This is an initial preview, with more features coming in additional updates during this beta cycle.
To opt into the SteamVR Beta, follow the instructions in this article.
To opt into the Steam Client Beta (required for new UI), follow the instructions in this article.

SteamVR Dashboard:
In-game Steam features are now accessible, including viewing achievements, community guides, notes, (and more).
The Quick Access Menu (familiar to Steam Deck users) is now available on the dashboard, integrating notifications, volume, brightness, and battery status.
The VR Dashboard bar now exposes shortcuts to common tasks on hover, such as exiting and redocking.
Added new slider in Quick Access to control environmental and camera brightness.
Overlay apps can be quit directly within the dashboard.
Improved orientation of overlays positioned above or below the player.
Quick Access Menu shows batteries for additional VR devices.
Steam Link:
Fix an issue causing 1 frame to be dropped every few seconds.
OpenXR:
Fix XR_EXT_view_configurations_changed event returning width for both the recommended width and height.
Fix XrEventDataUserPresenceChangedEXT's session parameter being unset when using XR_EXT_user_presence
Linux:
Improvements to stability and logging of error states on Linux.
Updates for 2.17.5
Minor bug fixes including
Fix "Dashboard always follows the user" regression in some client apps ( OVR Advanced Settings )
Room view now only pauses input to apps when intentionally enabled and set to a style other than "Translucent"
Only show Steam's Quick Access -> Environment Brightness slider when applicable.
Fix some user interface tracebacks
The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here.
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues.
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24 Jun 2026Developer post
SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.17.3
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issu
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues. The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here. SteamVR:
Fix for crash when taking screenshots.
Environment dimming now handled in a unified manner. Users may tune environment brightness in both theater and non-theater modes under VR Settings.
Developers:
Fix OpenXR bug with image submission for certain non-standard image sizes
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18 Jun 2026Developer post
SteamVR Hotfix 2.16.7
SteamVR has been updated with the following changes. SteamVR: Fix the position and the orientation of room setup for lighthouse headsets. Help & Information: The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the
SteamVR has been updated with the following changes. SteamVR:
Fix the position and the orientation of room setup for lighthouse headsets.

Help & Information:
The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a SteamVR System Report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues.
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11 Jun 2026Developer post
SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.17.2
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issu
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues. The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here. SteamVR:
Fixed some VR streaming issues on slow connections
Fixed some rendering issues related to dashboard / overlay cursor visibility
New user preference tune laser pointer length (Advanced -> Dashboard -> Laser Pointer Length)
Developers:
Added support for 32-bit OpenXR applications. Users will be prompted to set SteamVR as their default OpenXR runtime after installing this Beta, which will set up the 32-bit runtime alongside the 64-bit runtime.
Fix for EVROverlayFlags.MinimalControlBar overlay handling
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05 Jun 2026Developer post
SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.17.1
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issu
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues. The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here. SteamVR:
Fix bug with headset initialization on 3rd party headset when many body trackers are in use.
Improved linux support on vrgames that invert nearZ/farZ
User Interface:
Refined appearance of grab handles (for moving / resizing frames)
Grab handles (theater / dashboard / torn-off / keyboard) can be moved in depth using thumbstick
Keep floating frames centered when resizing
Updated Room Setup bounds appearance
Updated Laser Mouse appearance
Updated theater mode placement math
Developers
Added setting to disable vr streaming auto-connect on resume
Added setting to disable chaperone bounds
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02 Jun 2026Developer post
Introducing SteamVR 2.16
This release includes a variety of bug fixes and quality of life improvements for SteamVR. We continue to focus on OpenXR as our preferred API for new games and applications. SteamVR’s official OpenXR subforum is here and we’d love to hear your feedback, as well as suggestions fo
This release includes a variety of bug fixes and quality of life improvements for SteamVR. We continue to focus on OpenXR as our preferred API for new games and applications. SteamVR’s official OpenXR subforum is here and we’d love to hear your feedback, as well as suggestions for new features. SteamVR:
Fixed issue causing shimmering on the edges of the display on some headsets.
Dashboard: Resolved some memory leaks on AMD hardware.
Dashboard: Improved compatibility on some older (legacy) AMD hardware.
Fixed an issue with older AMD cards or drivers that caused a memory leak.
Streaming: Advanced settings UX now respects global toggle.
Improved version compatibility handshake when streaming.
Fixed HTC Vive users not being able to activate the laser mouse by clicking the HMD button after the dashboard is visible.
Add protection from hangs in vrserver on exit.
Speculative fix for Varjo headsets not having a display.
Fix regression in Chaperone behavior that was impacting some 3rd party OpenVR plugins.
Fixed an issue where SteamVR Home would drop frames on some systems.
Fix a bug where the SteamVR dashboard would not start, particularly when using hardware that creates many devices at startup.
Linux:
Fix a crash in SteamVR when a game crashes.
Fixed texture leaks when mirror window was visible.
Improved interop with gamescope overlay forwarding.
The vrcompositor process is always a child of vrserver now (instead of whatever process first uses the compositor).
Improved GPU synchronization implementation on Linux (now uses timeline semaphores).
Stop invoking `pidof` internally.
VRLink:
On Linux, pick the best GPU for VR and streaming rather than using first enumerated device. In particular, the NVIDIA open drivers enumerate in a different order and would not get selected before this change.
On Linux, work-around to enable 240 MBit/s streaming on NVIDIA cards.
Reduce performance overhead of Timing Debug Window.
Adjust packet timings to reduce latency spikes.
Fixed streaming certain OpenXR games on Quest (including Pavlov and Into The Radius 2)
OpenXR:
Added support for XR_EXT_interaction_profile_battery_state_display.
Fix OpenXR crash related to xrDestroyInstance.
Improved XrCompositionLayerProjection support (fixes distortion when scene projection and display projection differ).
Developer/Internal:
SteamVR won't kill UnrealEditor upon exiting VR.
Reduce the number of uninteresting vrevents, especially under VR streaming.
Cleaner driver shutdown sequencing.
As always, if you are interested, we encourage enrolling into SteamVR Beta by right-clicking on SteamVR in your Steam library, clicking on "Properties" and selecting "Betas" from the list on the left hand side and then clicking "Beta" under Beta Participation. Additionally, if you use Steam Link for Meta Quest, you can opt into the beta here or in-headset by going to your library, clicking the "..." on Steam Link, selecting Settings and clicking the button to the right of "Installed Version Information."
Help & Information:
The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a SteamVR System Report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues.
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04 May 2026Developer post
SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.16.5
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issu
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues. The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here. SteamVR:
Fix a bug where the SteamVR dashboard would not start, particularly when using hardware that creates many devices at startup.
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29 Apr 2026Developer post
SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.16.4
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issu
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues. The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here. SteamVR:
Fix regression in Chaperone behavior that was impacting some 3rd party OpenVR plugins
Fixed an issue with older AMD cards or drivers that caused a memory leak.
Fixed an issue where SteamVR Home would drop frames on some systems.
Fixed an issue causing room view to be too transparent.
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13 Apr 2026Developer post
SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.16.3
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issu
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues. The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here. SteamVR:
Add protection from hangs in vrserver on exit.
Speculative fix for Varjo headsets not having a display.
VRLink:
On Linux, pick the best GPU for VR and streaming rather than using first enumerated device. In particular, the NVIDIA open drivers enumerate in a different order and would not get selected before this change.
On Linux, work-around to enable 240 MBit/s streaming on NVIDIA cards.
Reduce performance overhead of Timing Debug Window.
Adjust packet timings to reduce latency spikes.
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09 Apr 2026Developer post
SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.16.2
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issu
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues. The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here. SteamVR:

Fixed streaming certain OpenXR games on Quest (including Pavlov and Into The Radius 2)
Fixed additional dashboard related bugs
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07 Apr 2026Developer post
SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.16.1
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issu
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues. The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here. SteamVR:

Fixed issue causing shimmering on the edges of the display on some headsets
Dashboard: Resolved some memory leaks on AMD hardware
Dashboard: Improved compatibility on some older (legacy) AMD hardware
Streaming: Advanced settings UX now respects global toggle
Improved version compatibility handshake when streaming
Fixed HTC Vive users not being able to activate the laser mouse by clicking the HMD button after the dashboard is visible.
Numerous overall stability improvements
Linux:

Fix a crash in SteamVR when a game crashes.
Fixed texture leaks when mirror window was visible
Improved robustness for VR streaming
Improved interop with gamescope overlay forwarding
The vrcompositor process is always a child of vrserver now (instead of whatever process first uses the compositor).
Improved GPU synchronization implementation on Linux (now uses timeline semaphores)
Stop invoking `pidof` internally.
OpenXR

Added support for XR_EXT_interaction_profile_battery_state_display
Fix OpenXR crash related to xrDestroyInstance
Improved XrCompositionLayerProjection support (fixes distortion when scene projection and display projection differ)
Developer/Internal

SteamVR won't kill UnrealEditor upon exiting VR
Reduce the number of uninteresting vrevents, especially under VR streaming.
Improved compositor initialization timing.
Internal Improvements to Dashboard visibility model
Internal Improvements to UX focus model
Cleaner driver shutdown sequencing
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26 Mar 2026Developer post
Introducing SteamVR 2.15
This release includes a variety of bug fixes and quality of life improvements for SteamVR. We continue to focus on OpenXR as our preferred API for new games and applications. SteamVR’s official OpenXR subforum is here and we’d love to hear your feedback, as well as suggestions fo
This release includes a variety of bug fixes and quality of life improvements for SteamVR. We continue to focus on OpenXR as our preferred API for new games and applications. SteamVR’s official OpenXR subforum is here and we’d love to hear your feedback, as well as suggestions for new features. SteamVR:
Overlays now render translucent grey backsides, unless docked to a controller.
Third-party overlay apps won’t have translucent backsides until recompiled with the next OpenVR SDK.
Fix cases where loading drivers would fail for paths containing non-ASCII characters.
Fix motion smoothing not working with latest Nvidia drivers.
Fix for VRAM leak on some AMD systems.
Fixed an issue where the audio thread for Steam Link VR was using too much CPU.
Change how our Oculus driver handles initialization failure. This affects people who use Oculus headsets with the Oculus Desktop app, as well as people who stream to their HMDs (all types, not only Quest) with Virtual Desktop Streamer. The driver will no longer be unloaded on failure, which was causing crashes. Some failures which resulted in safe mode restarts will now display better diagnostic information.
Steam Link:
Fix Pico headsets under-reporting recommended render resolution (increased to 2160x2160 from 1832x1920).
Improvements to slider groupings in settings section.
Reduce stutters when adjusting encoded video size.
OpenXR:
Fix API layers UI not displaying layers if a path for one was not found.
Fix case where XR_META_recommended_layer_resolution would always return low resolutions.
Fix OpenGL subrect being incorrectly flipped.
Fix xrGetSystemProperties maxSwapchainImageWidth/Height reporting (was reporting recommended resolution).
Fix case where XR_META_performance_metrics could return errors for valid performance metric counter paths.
Pressing the system button will no longer instantly cause the session state to change to VISIBLE. The system now waits to decide if the user is doing a quick recenter, screenshot, or opening the dashboard.
Fixed a hang caused by invoking render model APIs and then destroying the instance before the initial API calls finished.
Fix for OpenXR quad layers updating at reduced frame rate under certain conditions.
Fix for OpenXR apps which create multiple sessions and submit quad layers being unable to submit quad layers after the first session (notably: Unreal Editor)
Steam VR Home:
Fixed multiplayer lobbies to accept connections again.
Developers:
SteamVR will no longer forcibly terminate the Unreal Editor process when exiting.
As always, if you are interested, we encourage enrolling into SteamVR Beta by right-clicking on SteamVR in your Steam library, clicking on "Properties" and selecting "Betas" from the list on the left hand side and then clicking "Beta" under Beta Participation. Additionally, if you use Steam Link for Meta Quest, you can opt into the beta here or in-headset by going to your library, clicking the "..." on Steam Link, selecting Settings and clicking the button to the right of "Installed Version Information."
Help & Information:
The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a SteamVR System Report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues.
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19 Mar 2026Developer post
SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.15.6
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issu
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues. The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here. SteamVR:
Fixed a crash on startup when encountering an error from the Meta runtime.
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12 Mar 2026Developer post
SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.15.5
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issu
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues. The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here. SteamVR:

Change how our Oculus driver handles initialization failure. This affects people who use Oculus headsets with the Oculus Desktop app, as well as people who stream to their HMDs (all types, not only Quest) with Virtual Desktop Streamer. The driver will no longer be unloaded on failure, which was causing crashes. Some failures which resulted in safe mode restarts will now display better diagnostic information.
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20 Feb 2026Developer post
SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.15.4
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issu
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues. The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here. SteamVR:
Fix for VRAM leak on some AMD systems.
Fixed an issue where the audio thread for Steam Link VR was using too much CPU
OpenXR:
Fix for OpenXR quad layers updating at reduced frame rate under certain conditions.
Fix for OpenXR apps which create multiple sessions and submit quad layers being unable to submit quad layers after the first session (notably: Unreal Editor)
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24 Jan 2026Developer post
SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.15.3
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issu
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues. The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here. SteamVR:
Fixed showing translucent back sides on non-dashboard overlays.
That feature will be available for apps built with future OpenVR SDK releases, at which point the developer can still toggle it off.
Fixed translucent back sides not factoring in the overlay's global color tint or alpha.
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21 Jan 2026Developer post
SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.15.2
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issu
If you encounter issues with this update, please post in the SteamVR Bug Report forum. If possible, please include a system report to aid in tracking down your issue. Replies to this post are not tracked for bug reporting purposes. Please use the forum linked above to report issues. The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here. Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here. SteamVR:
Overlays now render translucent grey backsides, unless docked to a controller.
Fixed missing resize handle for desktop and window overlays in the dashboard.
Fix cases where loading drivers would fail for paths containing non-ASCII characters.
Fix motion smoothing not working with latest Nvidia drivers.
Steam Link:
Fix Pico 4 Ultra recommended target resolution.
Steam VR Home:
Fixed multiplayer lobbies to accept connections again.
OpenXR:
Pressing the system button will no longer instantly cause the session state to change to VISIBLE. The system now waits to decide if the user is doing a quick recenter, screenshot, or opening the dashboard.
Fixed a hang caused by invoking render model APIs and then destroying the instance before the initial API calls finished.
Developers:
SteamVR will no longer forcibly terminate the Unreal Editor process when exiting.
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