SteamVR 2.0 releases with new UI and features

In a , Steam revealed SteamVR 2.0 is available now for all users. According to the post, the update also allows Steam to add new features in the future on a faster and more freq𒐪uent basis. The release comes exactly one month after the beta for SteamVR 2.0 startedܫ.

New Features

Steam also revealed some of the new fea🐟tures coming with SteamVR 2.0 including the following:

• Most of the current features of Steam and Steam Deck are now part of SteamVR
• Updated keyboard with support for dual-cursor typing, new languages, emojis, and themes
• Integration of Steam Chat and Voice Chat
• Improved Store that puts new and popular VR releases front and center
• Easy access to Steam notifications

The biggest feature is probably the new UI. I don’t have VR, but looking at screenshots it definitely looks cleaner than the original. Initial comments on the blog post however indicate a lot of users still feel the desktop view needs some work.

With how well the Oculus Quest 3 appears to be, Steam will have to keep their foot on the🦄 pedal with uꦅpdates to bring it in up to par in comparison to the Oculus software.

There was💧 also a new update released for the Steam Client with some changes based around SteamVR 2.0.

General

• Remove warning messages that came up when you started a 2D game when in VR.
• Fix crash in SteamVR when certain notifications were sent. This fixes the crash that could occur when taking screenshots from within SteamVR.
• Fix notifications not showing up when a game’s desktop window was focused.
• Dashboard Tabs are now horizontally scrollable if you add a large amount of desktop windows or dashboard overlays.
• Fixed back button occasionally taking you back twice.

Interface

• Added mouse- and touch-friendly sort and filter buttons in library when in VR.
• Improved reliability of clicking on Dashboard and Steam UI elements with the laser mouse.
• Tab bars now show clickable arrows instead of L1/R1 bumper glyphs.
• Fixed the dashboard UI not working if Steam is in a Logged Out state (e.g. asking you to pick a user.)
• Hide the search bar from the header when Steam is in a Logged Out state.
• Some purchase flows weren’t showing up in the Dashboard when started from within a game.
• UI takes up full width of the display in several cases where it was being centered such as the Friends tab.
• Filter options won’t show Steam Deck compatibility filters when viewing from VR.

Linux

• Fix an issue that prevented SteamVR from starting on Debian/Ubuntu systems.