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Hand Tracking Blueprints
Updated: Apr 15, 2026
Reference guide for the hand tracking Blueprints available through
UOculusXRInputFunctionLibrary in the OculusXRInput module of the Meta XR Plugin. For a conceptual overview of hand tracking capabilities, see Hand Tracking in Unreal Engine.For higher-level hand interactions such as grab, poke, and ray, consider the Interaction SDK, which builds on top of these Blueprint functions to provide standardized interactions and gestures.
To access these Blueprints, enable the Meta XR Plugin in your project and configure hand tracking support in Edit > Project Settings > Plugins > MetaXR by setting Hand Tracking Support to Controllers And Hands or Hands Only. The legacy Online Subsystem Oculus plugin is not required for hand tracking; that plugin provides platform and social features.
Hand Tracking Blueprints
- Get Hand Scale
Gets the scale of the specified hand. - Get Hand Skeletal Mesh
Creates a new runtime hand skeletal mesh based on the specified input. - Get Dominant Hand
Gets the user’s dominant hand. - Get Bone Name
Gets the bone name for the specified bone ID. - Get Bone Rotation
Returns the bone rotation for the specified hand and bone type. - Get Pointer Pose
Gets the specified hand pointer pose. - Get Tracking Confidence
Returns the tracking confidence level for the specified hand. - Initialize Hand Physics
Initializes physics capsules on the runtime hand mesh. - Is Pointer Pose Valid
Returns a boolean to indicate whether the pointer pose is valid. - Is Hand Tracking Enabled
Returns whether hand tracking is enabled for this device.
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