Oculus Developer Release Notes: v29

See below for the latest developer release notes. If you have questions and/or feedback on any of these updates, feel free to comment below or post on the Developer Forum.

The Oculus Integration SDK for Unity provides support to develop Oculus apps in Unity. It comes bundled with the OVRPlugin 1.61, Audio SDK 28.0, Platform SDK 28.0, Avatar SDK 20.0, and LipSync SDK 29.0. The latest Oculus Integration SDK is available from Unity's Asset Store or from the Archive page.

This section details known issues with Unity that are not tied to a specific version. Issues are grouped by most closely related subject.

You may encounter issues when running ARM7 build on Oculus Quest, if you are using Unity's XR Management system with the latest OVRPlugin and the Oculus XR Plugin is outdated.

Workaround: Either switch to ARM64 build or upgrade the Oculus XR Plugin to 1.4.0+ to fix the issue.

These release notes describe changes to the Oculus Source Distribution for Unreal Engine available from the Oculus GitHub repository. For more information, see the Unreal Engine Developer Guide.

The Oculus GitHub distribution of Unreal Engine source code includes the latest SDKs and provides the most recent features. Access requires a GitHub account subscribed to the private EpicGames/UnrealEngine repository (instructions here).

Note: To access the files on GitHub, you must be logged into a subscribed account, otherwise you will get a 404 error when accessing the following link.

You can also obtain Unreal Engine as a binary from Unreal or from the GitHub repository for Epic Games, but these version of Unreal Engine contain older versions of the Oculus integration.

For more information on the differences between different Unreal options and how to access them, see the Version Compatibility Matrix in our Developer Guide.

The standard Epic source distribution hosted on GitHub is typically about a month behind the Oculus branch in feature support. Access requires a GitHub account subscribed to the private EpicGames/UnrealEngine repository (instructions here).

Note: To access the files on GitHub, you must be logged into a subscribed account, otherwise you will get a 404 error when accessing the following link.

For beginning or casual developers, we recommend the Unreal Engine binary available through Epic’s Launcher.

Use the Platform SDK to create social VR applications. Add Matchmaking, DLC, In-App Purchases, Cloud Storage, Voice Chat, Custom Items, Achievements, and more to your experience using the individual components of the SDK. The SDK download includes sample apps that demonstrate how to implement many of the SDK features in fully-functional games and applications.

See the Platform documentation for Unity, Unreal Engine, or Native C++ development for a list of features and links to how to get started. The Platform SDK is compatible with all Oculus supported development environments and platforms.

The Oculus Mobile SDK includes libraries, tools, and resources for native C/C++ development of Android apps for the Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2, and Oculus Go standalone devices. If you primarily use Unity or Unreal Engine for Android development, it is not necessary to download the Mobile SDK in most cases . For more information on Oculus Mobile development using Unity or Unreal Engine, see Mobile Development with Unity and Unreal.

For documentation on developing for Oculus devices that use Android, see our Mobile SDK Developer Guide.

For details on migrating to Mobile SDK 29.0 (API 1.46) from previous versions, see the Mobile SDK Migration Guide.

The following new features can be found in 1.29:

Be sure to keep an eye out for upcoming blog posts expanding on a number of these updates, while our Twitter and Facebook channels offer the latest in VR development news and insights.