Meta launched an XR UI package for Unity, which some Quest builders have been requesting for years.
When growing for different working techniques like Home windows, Mac, iOS, and common Android, builders have entry to high-level UI frameworks that allow them construct interfaces that really feel cohesive with the working system.
However till not too long ago, the one method to construct XR apps for Meta’s headsets was with a sport engine, comparable to Unity or Unreal, and Meta did not present any type of UI framework for both. For this reason many apps in your iPhone use the system design language, whereas each app on Quest, even probably the most primary experiences, the UI feels utterly totally different, typically custom-made by the developer or imported from the Unity Asset Retailer.
Meta has lastly launched an answer to this. It is known as the Horizon OS UI Set, a part of v69 of the Meta XR Interplay SDK for Unity, and offers Unity builders with the elements to construct interfaces that really feel cohesive with Horizon OS.
As a result of it is a part of the Meta XR Interplay SDK, these elements come already arrange for each direct contact and oblique pinch interactions from each Contact controllers and hand monitoring.
Horizon OS UI Set in all probability will not be the UI framework of alternative for sport builders, or some app builders constructing cross-platform experiences who desire a constant and {custom} really feel. However for easy utility apps, primarily from solo builders, it might enable for considerably much less time spent on interface growth, leaving extra time for constructing the immersive expertise itself.
Builders aren’t restricted to the precise fashion of Horizon OS, although. Horizon OS UI Set permits for straightforward customization of colours and fonts to match an app’s model. And since that is Unity, extra skilled builders might tweak the elements nevertheless they like.
Horizon OS UI Set comes with v69 of the Meta XR Interplay SDK for Unity, and builders can discover documentation on it right here.
Anybody can strive a check construct utilizing Horizon OS UI Set, and the opposite options of the Interplay SDK, within the Interplay SDK Samples app on the Horizon Retailer.
Horizon OS UI Set can be obtainable for Figma, permitting designers to mock up their XR interfaces upfront.