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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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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 (2024.12.16): 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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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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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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Samsung's Android XR Headset Ships In 2025, And We Went Hands-On

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Samsung's first standalone headset is coming in 2025, running Google's new Android XR operating system and powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset. From 2025, Google Maps runs with full immersion and hand tracking in a standalone headset from Samsung. Beyond this, Samsung isn't yet sharing specifications.

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