Steamvr Error 475 -

Sometimes a soft reset clears transient states.

A headset on older firmware can refuse to initialize. Steamvr Error 475

Date: October 26, 2023 Subject: Identification, Causes, and Resolution of SteamVR Tracking Error 475 Severity: Medium to High (Renders VR Headset unusable) Sometimes a soft reset clears transient states

  • Base Station Channels:

    • Error 475 is essentially a "Compositor Creation Failed" error. The compositor is the software responsible for taking the game images and distorting them correctly for your headset lenses. Base Station Channels:

    The most common cause is GPU selection. Many modern PCs have two GPUs: an integrated graphics chip (Intel UHD/Iris) and a dedicated graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce/AMD Radeon). VR requires the dedicated graphics card to run. If SteamVR tries to launch on the integrated chip, it fails, spitting out Error 475.

    Other causes include: