The Meta Horizon Retailer now accepts 2D Android apps, which may carry extra apps and providers to the platform.
This implies builders of current apps on the Google Play Retailer or different Android app shops can carry their app to Quest headsets without having so as to add any particular assist for the know-how.
These apps could be run alongside different 2D apps and home windows in Horizon OS, and even introduced up inside immersive apps and video games.
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A serious roadblock nevertheless is that many 2D Android apps depend on Google Play Providers, which is not accessible on Horizon OS. Meta says that later this yr it’s going to launch a 2D Android model of its Platform SDK which provides among the similar options as Google Play Providers, equivalent to authentication and in-app funds. Integrating it will take effort and time for builders, although, which can put them off porting their 2D apps to Quest.
Meta Spatial SDK Lets Builders Simply Construct Quest Apps
Meta Spatial SDK lets builders simply construct apps for Quest’s Horizon OS with conventional cell improvement instruments, and not using a recreation engine.
Builders can even prolong their 2D apps into 3D area and add assist for blended actuality options utilizing the brand new Meta Spatial SDK, however utilizing it is not obligatory to carry a 2D app to Horizon OS.
