Meta Quest: XR Workshop! Unity 2022 + OpenXR + XR Interaction Toolkit
Virtual and Augmented Reality together are now referred to as XR or “Extended-Reality”. You’re in the right place at the right time to build something amazing in XR! XR applications can be created in Unity for many devices, our focus…
Virtual and Augmented Reality together are now referred to as XR or “Extended-Reality”.
You’re in the right place at the right time to build something amazing in XR!
XR applications can be created in Unity for many devices, our focus will be on Microsoft Hololens 2 and the Meta Quest
In this workshop blog post series we will focus on Meta Quest!
“The only thing that is consistent in life (and computer science), is change…” – and there has been a LOT of change in the past year with the tools we use to build XR applications.
A year ago, I would NOT have recommended the XR Interaction Toolkit – but as you’ll see in this workshop – it’s come a long way, it’s fantastic now and saves us a lot of time!
If you don’t have your Meta Quest in developer mode – this is a good video to quickly get that setup!
Meta Quest: Installing the Tools you need for XR!
Let’s get started with installing our XR development tools!
We’ll be using the latest Unity 2022 version + Visual Studio 2022.
Meta Quest: Setting up your Meta Quest XR Project!
Here is where we begin our XR experience journey! We’ll be setting up a completely new XR experience, from beginning to end.
This may seem like a lot, but take it one section at a time – the payoff is well worth it…
ChatGPT: Mastering AI-Powered XR Coding
This is optional – but HIGHLY recommended – as learning how to leverage ChatGPT as a pair-programming tool will differentiate good developers from great developers.
Meta Quest: Adding Controllers!
We now have everything setup to start building our XR experience! Now let’s add tracked controllers so we can interact with everything we want to build.
Meta Quest: Grab, Tractor Beam and Yeeting!
We have our controllers ready to go! Let’s start grabbing and throwing things around.
Yeet those blocks!
Meta Quest: Shooting a Pistol!
We have the basics down for any XR experience. Now let’s move on to adding some game elements.
We’ll start with making a pistol that we can shoot!
Meta Quest: Sound and Animations!
Our pistol shoots!
Now let’s make it sound and look like you’re actually shooting it by adding sound and animations!
Meta Quest: Targets and Explosions!
Our XR experience is looking very professional, but we need things to target…
And of course to blow things up!
