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Steam announcementView the game on SifterOctober 1, 2026

SteamVR Beta Updated - 2.18.2

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 issues.

The Steam Link for Meta Quest FAQ page is available here.

Anyone can opt into the SteamVR Beta. Instructions are available here.

Streaming:

  • Further VR streaming reliability improvements, including additional fixes for "Error 17". Note: Steam Frame users should also opt into SteamOS 0.4.3 or higher reduce "error 17" connection issues. At time of this release, SteamOS 0.4.3is available on the OS Beta branch.
  • Expose eye openness information when streaming from Steam Frame, via OSC. (This requires Steam OS 0.4.3, or higher). In an upcoming release, eye openness will also be available via the OpenVR SDK.
  • (11:00 PM UTC time) Hotfix to resolve green/black screen issues with SteamLink on Linux.

SteamVR:

  • Fixed an issue where the dashboard would recenter unnecessarily for some users.
  • Fixed Throttling Behavior setting selection in per-application Video Settings.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented controller bindings from loading for certain games, including Google Earth VR and Thumper.
  • Improved focus behavior when interacting with grab/resize handles

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