OpenXR Roblox PCVR Issues arising (Delayed Head Tracking and Black Screen)

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Hello,

Since yesterday (Thursday, October 16, 2025), Roblox on PCVR has become nearly unplayable due to a severe bug causing a noticeable delay in headset orientation. This delay can be extremely disorienting and even nauseating at times. Unfortunately, the issue cannot be captured through standard screen recordings, as the delay does not appear on the flat display.

Additionally, the flat screen display remains completely black at all times, making it impossible to view or record normal Roblox gameplay from the desktop.

Many users have already reported experiencing this problem, and I’m concerned that it can cause severe motion sickness if not addressed soon.

Expected behavior

I kindly ask the engineering team to prioritize a fix for this issue at their earliest convenience.

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If you restart the device, does the problem persist? Which headset are you using and does this problem occur without PCVR?

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I was going to make a bug report of this too. This started today with Roblox’s new bootloader that was updated.

I’ve reinstalled Roblox multiple times and even restarted my PC and VR.

This too now happens, looks very wobbly and stutter making me motion sickness instantly

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Restarting the device does not help, neither does restarting the pc. It is only a PCVR issue and many people have been dealing with it for the past 5 days, it is global. I’m not sure about Vive headsets but all quest users with a link cable have been affected by this

I have tried downgrading the current version of the roblox client but no luck either.

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downgrading to a working version just says outdated and to update roblox.

and this is a roblox issue so all vr users meta or not will have the issue im using steamvr since meta link isnt good at all loading at 1 fps

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this has also happened to me too, and i have stuttering issues with it. its not just openxr, oculus or steamvr messing it up.

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We’re looking into this. Currently trying to reproduce the problem

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Additionally, the issue seems to only affect the roblox application itself, not roblox studio.

I’ve experienced the same issue on the roblox windows application (installable from the website) and the microsoft store roblox application.

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has there been any updates on this yet? any underlying cause due to roblox updates?

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We don’t have a repro yet but we do have a theory. We expect to be ready to test that theory tomorrow.

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that sounds great to me, glad to hear it!

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for me, previous build still works.

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the last builds have the issue too tho

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just checking into the post, are we still having issues with this so far?

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tried playing yesterday, it was okay’ish with ALVR. yes, i did have hiccups while turning head around. it was fine. on pico connect the issue was much worse though.

we have to wait for next weekly update, which is 2 days from now.

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We just made a change in production - hoping that fixes the problem.

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from my quick test, the issue is resolved! thank you very much!!

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