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Unity Promises Day-one Support for Android XR, Including Easy Ports for Existing Quest Content

Road to VR

Meta Quest developers looking to port their Unity-based apps to Google’s newly unveiled Android XR operating system shouldn’t have a tough time of it, Unity says, as the game engine creator today released all of the tools devs need to get cracking. “This is as simple a port as youre ever going to encounter.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.12.16): Android XR announced, Samsung headset showcased, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Developers can already access a preview of the development environment for native, Unity, WebXR. Controllers are to come in 2025, the year the headset will ship. This trend is expected to continue in 2025, but there should be a rebound in 2026. This trend is expected to continue in 2025, but there should be a rebound in 2026.

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Physics Action Puzzler ‘BONEWORKS’ is Coming to Quest 3, Pre-production for Next Game Announced

Road to VR

Studio co-founder Brandon Laatsch outlined a number of goals for 2025 in a recent X post, stating that not only is the studio working on patches for its Marrow Enginephysics framework, which was developed by the studio for the Unity engine , but also the release of Boneworks for Quest 3 and Quest 3S. Godspeed, SLZ!

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The XR Week Peek (2024.05.07): Apple Vision Pro is used by Fortune 100 companies, its cheaper version may come in 2025, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info Other relevant news (Image by Apple) A new report talks about a cheaper Vision Pro in 2025 Last week, Mark Gurman stated that Apple is having difficulties in reducing the cost of the Vision Pro, so it’s hard to see a cheaper model being released soon. In the meanwhile, Unity has appointed Matthew Bromberg as its CEO.

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The XR Week Peek (2025.01.05): Vivo to launch a mixed reality headset, VR usage on Steam on the rise, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This is the first newsletter of 2025, so happy new year to you all! There is a Unity SDK, so it is also possible to create a VR game (e.g. I wish you all the best! Its a very special day for me because Im taking soon the plane to go to CES! Im very excited because its the first time Im going there and Im sure it will be amazing!

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Android XR will allow camera access like on the phone

The Ghost Howls

Another good question is about Unity development. Android Camera2 and CameraX are Android native classes, so what can we Unity developers do? Well, if Android XR offers a similar path to Android, then we Unity developers can likely use the WebcamTexture class to grab the frames of the camera.

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PICO Integrates OpenXR 1.1 for Simplified Immersive Application Development

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The immersive virtual reality provider said it is also planning to integrate it with the PICO 4 and Neo 3 by June 2025. Last year, real-time 3D (RT3D) development solutions provider Unity introduced its Meta OpenXR package , which supports Quest 3 application development with support from integrated frameworks.

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