Bigscreen’s October 17 guide quotes HTC saying a base station discontinuation is “unlikely to happen at this time,” but HTC’s US store shows the VIVE Pro 2 is no longer available and the Tracker 3.0 is out of stock. Bigscreen is also building a 3DoF mode for Beyond 2.
Valve’s October 15 beta makes the Linux Steam client 64-bit inside a Steam Runtime container, but its new README says 64-bit-only x86_64 systems are not supported, and a March issue over a 32-bit helper is still open.
A detailed SteamVR-for-Linux report says the Steam Frame runtime accepts a 90 Hz request, then drops to 72 Hz within 0.28 seconds and never tells the app. Valve’s SteamVR Beta 2.18.4, posted hours later, lists three unrelated fixes.
SlimeVR Server v22.0.0-rc.1 opens the public beta of a ground-up Kotlin rewrite with step mounting, toe tracking and bone routing. Autobone is not ported yet, two features wait on a new protocol, and pull request #1798 remains unmerged.
The $7.98 SteamVR overlay vrOS shipped playtest builds 2.1.0, 2.2.0 and 2.3.0 between October 13 and 16, swapping camera-based Steam Frame tracker alignment for a walk-based ±2 cm room lock and then patching a 10 cm drift after tracking loss, while its own docs still call the native Frame build unreleased.
Squingle Arcade’s October 15 update adds 20 free Liquid Realm levels, a $4.99 Liquid Campaign DLC on Quest and Limitless, a one-time infinite-Energy purchase listed at $19.99, the same price the original Squingle still sells for on Steam. VRAL Games has not explained how Energy refills.
Impact Inked’s free Support Group expansion adds nine levels and a new epilogue to I Am Your Beast VR on SteamVR, the third update in four weeks, as the flatscreen original gets its own prequel DLC on October 20.
Valve closed SteamVR for Linux issue #1017 in about three and a half minutes, saying the current ALVR point release (v20.14.1, from July 2025) is not supportable on SteamVR’s side, and pointed the Steam Link VR half of the report to issue #1005.
UploadVR praises CONVRGENCE’s weapon handling but flags linear levels, weak enemy AI and polish gaps, while the $24.99 PC VR extraction shooter holds a Very Positive Steam rating.
InnerspaceVR’s Spymaster hit 1.0 on Quest and SteamVR on October 15 with four new missions instead of the three it pledged, Italian and Japanese support, and a Steam price up from $11.99 to $19.99.