Today I want to talk about one of my favorite topics: passthrough camera access. Meta has just released the APIs to let developers access the frames grabbed by the front cameras of the Quest so that developers can craft applications that can understand the environment around the user. In this tutorial, I will explain step-by-step […]
Recently I had fun doing some experiments in mixed reality, showing a door to another world, or my balcony having a view to a virtual reality place. Some people asked me how I did that and in this post, I’m sharing my knowledge giving you some hints about how to replicate the same experience in […]
At Facebook Connect 2021, Meta has announced Application SpaceWarp, a new solution to boost the framerate of Oculus Quest 2 applications up to +70%. These days I have finally managed to try it, so I can tell you everything that I have learned about it: What is it How does it work How to implement […]
Oculus Mixed Reality Capture is a plugin that lets content creators make amazing mixed reality videos of a VR game for the Oculus Quest. There are many good tutorials out there that explain to you how to create a video for an Oculus Quest experience that implements it, but there is very little documentation on […]
After I have written my post on how to handle unwanted permissions in Unity, many Oculus Quest developers asked me to make another tutorial to solve another common problem: Facebook showing a warning for 32-bit builds submitted to App Lab. This happens because if you build your Unity application leaving the default settings, the Android […]
For sure you remember that together with my tutorial on how to develop and submit an application for App Lab, I have actually submitted to App Lab my majestic “The Unity Cube App”, an application with just a cube and some avatar hands (Yes, I’m a troll). After 6 weeks of wait, the application has […]
Some days ago, I was looking at the code of HitMotion: Reloaded, the fitness game that we of New Technology Walkers developed some years ago for the Vive Focus Plus, and all the intricate system I had to make in Unity to have a cross-platform VR game… and I wondered: “Is all of this mess […]
Hello everyone! Today’s post is a bit technical, but it will help some VR devs out there to have fewer headaches. It is a short guide to implement some sort of compatibility between the SteamVR Unity plugin and the Unity XR Interaction Toolkit, that under the new XR Plugin Management in Unity are not working […]
The nReal glasses are one of the most interesting AR gadgets of this year. They have been revealed at CES, and I have personally tried them in Beijing some months ago, and in my review, I highlighted how they are not only very light and trendy, but they can also provide very bright holograms. If […]
As soon as my Oculus Quest arrived, I immediately started playing with it and have fun with Beat Saber, Robo Recall, Creed and all the other titles. But then, as a developer, I felt the urge to understand how to develop my applications in Unity for the Oculus Quest. And I guess that if you […]
Facebook 3D Photos are one of the hot trends of the moment, especially now that is possible to upload them from Facebook website. They could be a great innovative tool to market your AR and VR applications (and even for the non-XR ones)… so let’s see how you can create them for you game directly […]
