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Tap into the industry's largest VR platform.

Why build for Meta Quest?

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Explore the latest developments in AI, mixed reality and wearables from our Keynotes and Developer sessions.

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Design new realities. Develop your vision. Distribute to a growing audience.

Unity

Develop immersive MR experiences for Horizon OS on Unity, a versatile and intuitive 3D engine designed for new and seasoned developers.

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Unreal Engine

Develop immersive MR experiences for Horizon OS using the powerful and customizable Unreal Engine.

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Meta Horizon Worlds

Shape the future of immersive experiences across mobile, mixed reality and desktop with the power of advanced creation tools and a collaborative creator community.

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Native and OpenXR

OpenXR enables developers to create high-performance, custom XR experiences on Meta Quest, unlocking new possibilities for immersive and interactive content.

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Android apps

Make your existing Android app compatible and differentiate it using unique Meta Horizon OS features to give your users an innovative spatial experience.

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Meta Spatial SDK

Develop your vision on an operating system tailored for mixed reality and designed to transform your 2D apps with innovative elements to ensure compatibility across many VR and MR devices.

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Web

Bring your existing website to Horizon OS, optimized for VR devices, accessible through our built-in browser.

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Immersive Web

Build rich, immersive VR experiences and deploy them as installable apps in the Horizon Store or as a website experience.

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Dive deeper into all of the development options available on Meta Horizon.

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Apply for Meta Horizon Studio Beta

Introducing Meta Horizon Studio, our next editor built on a powerful new engine. Build expansive worlds with higher concurrency, better graphics, and fluid gameplay, setting the stage for new genres and deeper, more dynamic adventures. Worlds Studio will be entering Beta in the coming months. To be considered for Beta access, apply now.

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Get inspired

Inspire your next project with showcases from around the developer community. Find examples of projects expanding the limits of what can be achieved in mixed reality and VR and learn how teams are deploying the latest capabilities, features and tools to deliver high-quality experiences that grow their business.

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Kawaii.Creator

Go behind the success of the Kawaii.Creator team to learn how a creator family’s homeschool project blossomed into a full-time world-building studio with more than 22 original worlds.

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FIND AND GROW YOUR AUDIENCE

Over $2 billion

has been spent on Meta Quest titles, with 1 in 12 titles having earned more than $10 million in gross revenue.

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Blend physical and virtual worlds with mixed reality

Your apps can intelligently understand and interact with objects in physical space with new and improved mixed reality features.

What is mixed reality?

Build on the most advanced platform for VR

Harness cutting-edge tools and capabilities like full body tracking and advanced graphics optimizations to develop immersive experiences that can only be built on Meta Horizon.

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Explore use casesDiscover nearly endless opportunities to follow your passion and deliver innovative experiences that enrich entertainment, productivity, relaxation, social interaction and more.

Meta Horizon Worlds

Step into a world of endless possibilities. By building for Meta Horizon Worlds, you can create immersive experiences that transport player to new and fantastical realms.

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Gaming

Let the good times roll with casual and competitive multiplayer experiences that bring people closer together and spark action-filled moments.

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Fitness, health, and wellness

Explore nearly endless possibilities to design immersive or blended environments that get people’s hearts pumping and sweat flowing.

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Entertainment

Meta Horizon OS empowers you to create epic entertainment experiences where spatial audio immerses audiences in the action with live sports, 4K...

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Skill building and creativity

Reimagine physical workspaces with mixed reality to enable people to design with greater ease, achieve tasks with greater efficiency,...

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Unlock new possibilities by bringing your apps and experiences to life on Quest

Build experiences that look great, feel real, and run smoothly.

Meta Quest 3 headset with advanced mixed reality features

Meta Quest 3S

Stereoscopic color passthrough

XR2 Gen 2 Processor

TruTouch Haptics

Runs all Meta Quest 3 apps

Meta Quest 3

Stereoscopic passthrough with depth sensor

Highest resolution display

Pancake optics

TruTouch haptics

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Programs to help you build with Meta Horizon

Meta Horizon Creator Program

The Meta Horizon Creator Program is available to creators who are interested in building experiences across mobile, mixed reality and desktop for Meta Horizon Worlds. Eligible creators get access to benefits including monetization opportunities, educational resources, technical support, product feedback sessions and a vibrant creator community.

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Start

Start is an exclusive program for developers interested in building in VR or MR who have either launched or are actively preparing an app for launch.

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Latest news

GDC 2025: Insights for Creating, Monetizing and Growing on Meta Horizon Worlds

Explore a New Era of Mixed Reality with the Passthrough Camera API

Today we’re unlocking a new era in mixed reality development on Meta Horizon OS with the public release of the Passthrough Camera API in v76 with browser support coming soon. Apps leveraging the Passthrough Camera API can now be published to the Meta Horizon Store.

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