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Immersive features with Spatial SDK
Updated: Dec 9, 2025
Meta Spatial SDK enables mobile developers to seamlessly build immersive experiences for HorizonOS. Developers can take their existing mobile app and extend it by adding spatial features or build entirely new experiences for Quest. Meta Spatial SDK combines the rich ecosystem of Android development with the unique MR capabilities of Meta Horizon OS via accessible Kotlin APIs enabling mobile developers to use the languages, tools, and libraries you’re already familiar with.
To add Spatial SDK to your Android app, see Add Spatial SDK to an existing 2D app.
To make a new Android app with Spatial SDK support, see Build your first Spatial SDK app.
Design guidelines
Spatial context
- Blend virtual objects with the physical environment: Learn about passthrough.
- Scene understanding: Best practices for scene understanding.
- Spatial anchors: Best practices for spatial anchors.
- Immersive 2D apps: Design best practices for immersive 2D apps.
Immersive design
- What is an immersive experience?: Basic terms and concepts of immersive experiences.
- Key considerations: Initial key considerations for your app design.
- Glossary: Key terms used in the VR and passthrough design.
User considerations
- Designing for privacy: Help users feel safe and build trust with privacy design.
- Accessibility: Understand how to make your app accessible.
- Comfort: Make your app comfortable for your users.
- Health and safety guidelines overview: Health and safety recommendations for your app.
- General information for immersive experiences: General health and safety guidelines.
- Depth user safety: Health and safety guidelines for depth.
- Passthrough user safety: Health and safety guidelines for passthrough.
- Scene user safety: Health and safety guidelines for scene.
- Shared spatial anchors safety: Health and safety guidelines for SSA.
- Boundaryless and contextual-boundaryless safety best practices: Best practices for boundaryless experiences.
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