See, here’s the thing, we all have busy lives. We feel there’s so much to do that it’s sometimes hard to work on our dreams. But I’ll tell you what, try to make small improvements. It doesn’t matter how small they are, just improving or trying is so much better than overthinking everything.

I have a pretty cool idea for a camera access app with AI, I’ll be working on it after hours and if everything works out then a new educational #XR video this weekend 😉🚀

Hello everyone 👋🕶️

In today’s video, I’m excited to show you Microgestures, a new capability recently added to Hand Tracking. Without spoiling too much, I have to say you MUST watch this video and check out the demos I built to truly understand why this topic is so important for extended reality 😉.

🎥 Full video: https://youtu.be/fJgvIxkFABU

ℹ️ This video covers:
- Setting up an OpenXR project
- Simple Microgestures integration
- Using Microgestures for teleportation
- Navigating an image gallery with Microgestures
- Unlocking a safe with a passcode using Microgestures

💡 If you have any further questions, let me know. Thanks, everyone!

#meta #unity #devs #gamedev #programming

New Hand Tracking Microgestures video releasing tomorrow May 20th at 8:05 AM MST.

I ran into a few audio issues, so I had to postpone it until tomorrow.

#youtube

📣 New MR/VR Microgestures video releasing on my YouTube channel this afternoon.

This video will feature a ton of content, including:

1- Unity OpenXR project setup (a walkthrough required settings)
2- OVR Microgesture Event Source
3- OVR Microgesture Unity Event Wrapper (to listen to Microgesture events without any code - by using the inspector)
4- Microgesture with Locomotion setup and building a demo
5- Passcode feature UI/UX with Microgestures
6- Building a Gallery with Microgestures

There is a lot of content on this video, it was a lot of fun to create it!

#xr #unity #devs

Yesterday I met with such an interesting person at Meta, someone who helped built Project Orion & pretty much involved in deciding what was going to be possible from a hardware standpoint.

This is the type of thing I really love about my job today, there are many but working with very talented people is one of those.

#meta #xr #tech

Saturday and just finished an intense cardio routine outside and weight training. Now I am focusing on shooting a new video!

I want to make sure I get one out by Monday morning, honestly this one is very very cool and will help a lot of people developing for MR 🔥🚀

📣 Hey everyone! Tomorrow is the last day to vote for my YouTube channel’s Auggie Award nomination 👇 🎉

https://auggies.awexr.com/entry/vote/bPPXOeDK/rggARYMW?search=eda2144e149ab4c1-3

If my content helped you in some ways while building your VR/MR game then consider voting 😉 this means a lot!

Thank you!

#xr #awe2025 #devs

It has been super hard to keep up with YouTube content while working at Meta, but today I am pushing myself a bit harder until I get a video out to the channel!

I feel like I just need to allocate time on my calendar and make it a habit again. Crazy thing is that the channel is still performing & generating a lot of views, but I miss the days where I was pushing 3-4 videos a week.

#youtube #devs

If you’re building a game or app for #VR, this will be very helpful for GPU optimization in Unity!

📌 FFR vs ETFR

- FFR (Fixed Foveated Rendering), which renders at full resolution in the center of the screen (in the foveal region), and low resolution in the periphery.

- ETFR (Eye Tracked Foveated Rendering) the foveal region is moved around to match where you’re looking using eye tracking.

ℹ️ What are the benefits?

In short: you should see improvements in GPU utilization, but it can vary depending on your application’s content.

ETFR offers greater GPU savings than FFR at all foveation levels by using a more aggressive foveation map.

Devs can balance performance and visual quality by adjusting the foveation level and other settings like MSAA and eye texture scale factor to suit their app’s content.

📌 Here is a pretty good document outlining the setup process in Unity for FFR and ETFR https://developers.meta.com/horizon/documentation/unity/unity-eye-tracked-foveated-rendering/

#vr #devs #programming #gamedev

Hello AI enthusiasts!👋

I’d like to share that we’re introducing the latest 3D foundation AI model AssetGen 2.0, which was designed to create high-quality 3D assets from text and image prompts.

💡AssetGen 2.0 consist of 2 models: one to generate the 3D Mesh, & a second one to generate textures.

ℹ️ Technological Advancements:

- Utilizes a single-stage 3D diffusion model for geometry estimation, leading to improved detail and fidelity compared to its predecessor, AssetGen 1.0.
- TextureGen introduces methods for enhanced view consistency, texture in-painting, and higher texture resolution.

📌 Current Use and Future Plans:

- Currently employed internally for creating 3D worlds.
- Planned rollout to Horizon creators later this year.

👉 More details about this announcement: https://developers.meta.com/horizon/blog/AssetGen2

#Meta #AI #GenAI

If you’re designing a game for VR today, this article is a great resource for learning about the different types of locomotion. I used it recently while working on Microgestures, and found it really interesting.

It covers: Teleportation, Slide, Freeform grab locomotion, Path locomotion, & more.

https://developers.meta.com/horizon/design/locomotion-types

#vr #xr #developers #gamedev

All, looks like my nomination for a 2025 Auggie Award 🏆 ❤️ is up!

If you’ve found my XR/Unity content helpful over the years l, with more than 970+ videos, it would mean the world to me if you’d consider voting below 👇

https://auggies.awexr.com/entry/vote/bPPXOeDK/rggARYMW?search=eda2144e149ab4c1-3

Thank you for all your support everyone!

#xr #devs #awe2025 #mixedreality

Hello everyone! 👋

I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining XR Creator Con (XRCC) as a Judge this June in Berlin! 🎉

XRCC is Europe’s leading in-person XR Hackathon, bringing together 200+ of the top XR creators from across the world! Honestly, many talented friends & XR leaders 🕶️will be there!

If you’re an XR Creator - designer, developer, artist, researcher, or dreamer –then this is a great opportunity to be part of something special.

📍 Berlin, Germany
📅 June 25 - June 29
🧠 Learn. Build. Network. Grow!
👉 Register here: https://www.xrcc.events

#XRCC25 #xr #mixedreality

New Microgestures YouTube video is taking a bit longer, mainly because I ended up creating few more use cases that I see devs heavily using with these gestures.

📌 So far, I have following included in this video:
- How to set up and listen to Microgestures
- How to set up locomotion (teleporting) with Microgestures
- A demo with a keypad to open a safe, all bound to Microgestures
- An image gallery, also controlled with Microgestures

💡If there is another use case you can think of let me know, I will try to include it!

#xr #devs

Here’s a video while testing Locomotion with Microgestures, very subtle finger movements, and the Quest cameras manage to detect the D-PAD directional gestures.

#unity #xr #developers #vr

I showed you how to easily set up Microgestures in a previous short video. You can also use Microgestures with Locomotion, and here are the steps and results! (𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙤, 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 🤯)

📌 Set it up in just 4 steps:

1- Import the Meta XR Interaction SDK
2- Add a Camera Rig, Teleport, and Virtual Hands building blocks
3- Add a few planes with a NavMesh Surface
4- Hit Bake and tweak the navigation settings as needed
5- Test it with Meta Link or deploy it

ℹ️ I’m working on a new video that will showcase a variety of use cases for Microgestures. If that sounds helpful, let me know below, thanks!

#xr #developers #unity

Pretty neat to see how easy it is to add Locomotion with Microgestures in Meta XR Interaction SDK, literally 2-3 clicks to get it all setup.

#meta #xr #developers

Here’s a small example of how to setup Microgestures with Meta SDK v76.

1- Go to Player Settings > XR Plugin Management > Install it & Enable OpenXR (for Standalone & Android)

2- Under Player Settings > XR Plugin Management > OpenXR > Add the “Oculus Touch Controller Profile”

3- Import Meta XR Interaction SDK

4- Add a Camera Rig Building Block

5- Add a Grab Interaction Building Block (Remove the block if no needed)

6- Add a OVR Microgesture Event Source

7- Add a Micro Gesture Unity Event Wrapper (optional - you could bind to the event source gesture event from the previous step)

8- Test it on PC with Meta Link or Deploy it to your headset!

📌More information: https://developers.meta.com/horizon/documentation/unity/unity-microgestures

#devs #meta #xr #gamedev #mixedreality

Hello everyone 👋!

My team at Meta is currently evaluating some cool ideas to work with creators. I can't say much right now, but it looks to be a very exciting opportunity.

If you're a game studio or solo dev with successful titles for mobile, MR/VR, or UGC-type platforms such as Roblox, Fortnite, Horizon Worlds, Rec Room, Spatial, etc., then feel free to comment below and say hi!

💡Also, send me an email if you can (my email is on my YouTube channel about section), I'd love to work with you!

#meta #devs #design #ai #programmers #virtualreality