Resources
Explore comprehensive documentation and essential resources to support your VR development journey, including tools, guides, and best practices for building innovative experiences on Meta Horizon OS.
Development Setup
Setup Essentials (all build paths)
Unity, Unreal, Android & Meta Spatial SDK
- Meta Quest Developer Hub Guide | Download (Mac) | Download (Windows)
- Setting up Release Channels (For Competition Submission)
Immersive Web SDK (IWSDK for WebXR development)
Development Essentials
|
Development Phase |
Unity |
Unreal |
Android & Spatial SDK |
WebXR |
|
Environment Setup |
Downloads: |
|||
|
Development |
Multiplayer |
Multiplayer |
||
|
Testing & Tools |
||||
|
Performance Optimization |
||||
|
Build, Deploy, & Upload |
|
Tools & Capabilities
|
Capability |
Unity |
Unreal/Native |
Android & Spatial SDK |
WebXR |
|
Interaction SDK includes hand, controller, and gesture input for natural interactions with virtual objects, UIs, and locomotion. |
Hands Controllers |
Hands Controllers |
||
|
Enable context-aware applications using Meta Quest camera capture and ML/CV models. |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ Documentation |
|
Passthrough allows you to step outside your immersive view to see a real-time view of your surroundings. |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
Allows virtual objects to be anchored at fixed locations in the real world. |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
Detects planes, surfaces, and spatial layouts to enable realistic placement and interaction of virtual objects. |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
Provides depth information of the environment for occlusion, collision detection, and realistic rendering. |
✅ |
✅ |
⊖ |
⊖ |
|
Delivers spatialized audio for immersive sound experiences. |
✅ |
✅ |
