This is an update for the beta branch of Desktop+. New: · Added eye tracking support for Gaze Fade Eye tracking has to be bound and valid in the HMD's Desktop+ input bindings for the option to show up. This shouldn't be an issue unless you've had custom input bindings for your HMD specifically before this. Default bindings are provided for "Generic HMD", which applies to any HMD as a fallback.…
What's new in Desktop+ 3.5? Desktop+ 3.5 mainly comes with a series of fixes to keep up with ongoing changes from SteamVR updates, but there are also some other minor improvements and very appreciated community contributions. Theater Screen Fixes Theater Screen origin overlays broke at the beginning of this year with the release of SteamVR 2.15.1. As it stands I still don't know if I was suppos…
This is an update for the beta branch of Desktop+. Fixed: · Fixed Desktop+ Laser Pointer visuals not applying custom SteamVR controller offsets This requires Desktop+ to manually position the laser very frame, which may lag behind the actual controller position a bit. There is no change for unadjusted controller offsets, where one-time controller-relative positioning keeps being used. However,…
This is an update for the beta branch of Desktop+. New: · Added default bindings for Steam Link Hand Tracking These bindings are very limited, but mirror the default VR Dashboard ones in this regard. Main motivation for these is to get proper tip offsets by not falling back to simulating another controller, but this is untested at this time. · Added warning when the legacy SteamVR dashboard is…
What's new in Desktop+ 3.4? Desktop+ 3.4 features a new Performance Monitor style, overlay origin smoothing, new community keyboard layouts and various other fixes and improvements. Performance Monitor Enhancements The Performance Monitor remained largely untouched since its introduction 5 years ago. This version adds more options to customize the look of it. One of those options is a new style…
This is an update for the beta branch of Desktop+. New: · Added Origin Smoothing overlay property Origin Smoothing is available for the HMD and HMD Floor origins. This smoothing uses the same underlying algorithm as the mouse input smoothing (Radial Follow Smoothing). It is a mixture of pure smoothing and stabilization at higher levels. Actual effects of the different smoothing levels are still…
This is an update for the beta branch of Desktop+. New: · Added QWERTY (Thai Kedmanee) community keyboard layout by TangMo Similar to other recent additions, this layout is designed to be used on a Thai system and expects the Windows keyboard layout to match. Changed: · Revamped Overlay Bar drag-reordering to be smooth There is no functional change in this. It just looks and feels nicer. Fixed:…
This is an update for the beta branch of Desktop+. New: · Added Performance Monitor "Minimal" style Sometimes less is less and just what you want. This style allows for a one-line set of performance metrics and might be preferred when attached somewhere to your view in seated games instead of the typical use of docking the Performance Monitor to your tracked controller. · Added setting to hide…
This is an update for the beta branch of Desktop+. New: · Added "Alternative Cursor Rendering" Desktop Duplication setting This setting is meant to help some users experiencing issues with the hardware cursor capture using Desktop Duplication, ending up with no cursor being displayed. This rendering method is slightly slower than the regular one and doesn't support cursor animation. But hopeful…
What's new in Desktop+ 3.3? Desktop+ 3.3 features better keyboard labels, new community contributions, and fixes for compatibility with the new stable SteamVR version. Community Additions This version of Desktop+ comes with more contributions from the community in the form of translations and keyboard layouts. HisaCat provided the Korean translation and Korean 2-set keyboard layout for Desktop+…
This is an update for the beta branch of Desktop+. New: · Added QWERTZ (Hungary) community keyboard layout by Lenr · Added support for keyboard key label line-alignment Labels default to center alignment. Left or right alignment can be set by appending "##L" or "##R" at the end of a line. · Keyboard key labels are now aligned per-line · Overlay display mode is now reset to Always when changing…
This is an update for the beta branch of Desktop+. New: · Added Korean community translation by HisaCat · Added Korean 2-set community keyboard layout by HisaCat Fixed: · Fixed dashboard origin being offset in SteamVR 2.13.1 and newer · Fixed oversized window icons of applications not providing lower resolution icons spilling over the intended Overlay Bar button space · Fixed Keyboard Layout Ed…
Once again it's time for this thing. It's another year for me to be present at gamescom as an exhibitor with my good friends of the DragonBox Shop (from August 20st to the 24th). We're in the retro area in hall 10.2. While the booth is neither Desktop+ nor VR-related at all, if you happen to attend, feel free to come by, say hi (ask for some "Alex" guy), and check out some retro games and not s…
What's new in Desktop+ 3.2? Desktop+ 3.2 features new community contributions, an updated CEF version for Desktop+ Browser and rotation snapping drag setting. Desktop+ Browser Updated to CEF 127 The Chromium Embedded Framework used by Desktop+ Browser has been updated to version 127. This is equivalent with Chromium 127. Though the real heavy lifting has been done by the folks of the OBS Projec…
This is an update for the beta branch of Desktop+. New: · Desktop+ Browser Updated to CEF 127 The Chromium Embedded Framework used by Desktop+ Browser has been updated to version 127. This is equivalent with Chromium 127. Though the real heavy lifting has been done by the folks of the OBS Project, as their fork of CEF is used here (thanks again!). As a reminder, Desktop+ Browser is provided as…
What's new in Desktop+ 3.1? Desktop+ 3.1 features (still experimental) HDR mirroring support, performance improvements and additional input options. It also adapts to recent SteamVR changes. HDR mirroring support HDR mirroring works for both Desktop Duplication (default for desktop overlays) and Graphics Capture (desktop & window overlays) methods. The full bit-depth texture is passed to SteamV…
This is an update for the beta branch of Desktop+. New: · UI Performance Optimizations This version adds various optimizations to the rendering logic of the interface parts of Desktop+. In particular, this includes partial overlay texture updates and activity-based render-rate. Before this update, the UI portion of Desktop+ simply rendered at the HMDs frame-rate as long as any part of it needed…
This is an update for the beta branch of Desktop+. New: · Added "Drag Overlay" Desktop+ laser pointer input action This input action is an alternative way of dragging overlays regardless of the drag-mode state. Note that it is not bound by default and can be configured in the Desktop+ SteamVR Controller Input settings (you can use in the Settings window as a shortcut to access them). This input…
This is an update for the beta branch of Desktop+. New: · Added experimental HDR mirroring support HDR mirroring works for both Desktop Duplication (default for desktop overlays) and Graphics Capture (desktop & window overlays) methods. The full bit-depth texture is passed to SteamVR, but to my knowledge there's currently no HMD that supports HDR output with SteamVR. HDR mirroring in Desktop+ i…
This is a maintenance update fixing some minor issues that occurred with the 3.0 update, as well as adapting to recent SteamVR changes. New: · Improved responsiveness of Desktop+ Laser Pointer mouse movement input, especially for the Gaze-based HMD-Pointer Changed: · Active laser pointer override is now removed if the Desktop+ Laser Pointer was made active by an input binding, removing the need…
What's new in Desktop+ 3.0? In short: All-new interface, new and enhanced features, vast improvements on ease of use. The long version: Floating Settings Windows Application settings and overlay properties are now separate windows which can be dragged around or pinned when you need them to stay in place even after the dashboard is closed. The color scheme has been adjusted to be slightly bright…
The fifteenth and final preview build of the new in-development Desktop+ version is now available. Major release soon™. These builds are supposed to give a glimpse into the ongoing development process. The NewUI branch should be fine for daily use. Please report any issue you find in the NewUI Preview Build bug report thread . What is Desktop+ NewUI? Desktop+ NewUI is what soon will become Desk…
The fourteenth preview build of the new in-development Desktop+ version is now available. Quick turnarounds*. These builds are supposed to give a glimpse into the ongoing development process. The NewUI branch should be fine for daily use if you can live with the missing features. Don't treat it as stable, however, as it just isn't. While bugs are to be expected and there are a few known issues…
This is a hotfix update for the NewUI Preview branches, addressing SteamVR Beta 2.3.1 compatibility. Fixed: · Fixed Desktop+ Laser Pointer not working with SteamVR 2.3.1 and newer Other additions and changes are still work in progress and will land with NewUI Preview 14.
This is a maintenance update for the stable branch of Desktop+. Fixed: · Fixed keyboard not appearing when shown for an overlay outside of the dashboard · Fixed keyboard extension position not accounting for the new drag handle of the legacy SteamVR keyboard Removed: · Removed Keyboard Floating Size setting It is unfortunately no longer possible to modify the size of the keyboard as it was done…
This is a maintenance update for the stable branch of Desktop+. Fixed: · Fixed overlay drags being interrupted by the system laser pointer hitting other overlays This was caused by a regression in SteamVR 2, but has been worked around for the most part. · Fixed incorrect cursor offsets on Graphics Capture combined desktop overlays · Fixed incorrect display enumeration when there's desktops acro…
The thirteenth preview build of the new in-development Desktop+ version is now available. These builds are supposed to give a glimpse into the ongoing development process. The NewUI branch should be fine for daily use if you can live with the missing features. Don't treat it as stable, however, as it just isn't. While bugs are to be expected and there are a few known issues already, feel free t…
This is a maintenance update for the stable branch of Desktop+. Added: · Added optional offset for the dashboard overlay origin when the SteamVR 2 dashboard is active I did previously write there wouldn't be a fix for the shifted overlays... and this offset isn't quite it either. However, I realized that users with lots of existing profiles would have a bad time fixing everything manually, so I…
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