Meta VR Academy
Build hands-first experiences
A new era of VR is here. Practical learning for designing, building, and adapting hands-first experiences on Meta Horizon OS
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Courses & Short Codes
8Guided courses and focused guidance for designing, building, testing, and refining hands-first experiences.
Building Your First Game for Hands
Turn a hands-first vision into a game users want to return to
Adapting an Existing Game for Hands
Put the adaptation to the test before putting your game on the line
Is My Game a Good Fit for Hands?
What hands will change – and what your game can’t afford to lose
Choosing an Interaction Model
Building a system where actions feel intuitive
Building a Simple, Consistent Interaction Vocabulary
Less to remember. More to enjoy.
Designing UI for Gaze
Recognize attention and respond to intent
Designing Forgiving and Reversible Interactions
Give players room to get it right
Prototyping and Testing the Core Interaction
Prove your core interaction before you build on it
Tips
Five Tips for a Successful Hands-First App Submission
User Onboarding and Instructions
Why Hand Rays Miss During Pinch
Design the Interaction Area, Not Just the Visual
Give Interaction Methods a Clear Logic
Turn Controller Inputs into a Hands Interaction Model
Design for Tracking Loss and Recovery
Design Around Occlusion and Camera Visibility
Make the Input Mode Obvious in Mixed 3D Scenes
Show the Middle-Distance Handoff
Meta documentation
5Continue into Meta documentation for deeper guidance on hands design, hand tracking, Interaction SDK, and implementation.
General hands design guidance
Hands design guidance
Explore hands as an input method and the Interaction SDK patterns that support polished interactions.
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Hand Tracking Overview
Learn the supported hand-tracking features, gestures, and Interaction SDK building blocks for Unity.
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Interaction SDK overview
Use Interaction SDK to add hands and controller interactions for objects, UI, movement, and more.
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Unity
Interactions setup
Set up standardized hand interactions and choose direct or ray input based on object distance.
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First Hand sample overview
Study a complete mixed-reality game sample using hand tracking, ISDK, controller input, and scene understanding.
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