Meta Developers

Browser is the built-in web browser for Meta Quest devices. Browser provides support for the latest web standards and other technologies to help you create VR experiences on the web. Today’s 2D web sites work great in Browser because it’s powered by the Chromium rendering engine. It’s further optimized for Meta Quest headsets to get the best performance and to enable web developers take advantage of the full potential of VR with new APIs, like WebXR. Through WebXR, we’re opening the doors to the next frontier of the web.

Browser generally supports the same great web standards available in other Chromium-based web browsers. This guide introduces you to the new APIs, device and browser-specific behaviors, and JavaScript libraries you should know about to get started developing your own VR experiences. We provide an overview of Browser to help you understand how to build and test your experiences. You’ll also find resources that can make it easier to start building for the VR web.

About Browser

Browser at its core is:

Based on the open source Chromium rendering engine used by some of the most popular browsers
Optimized for WebXR and WebGL to enable fully immersive and 3D experiences
Enhanced for media playback, including both traditional flat video and immersive 180/360/3D video formats
Tailor-made for Meta Quest hardware and experiences with fast performance and better battery life
Enriched with featured VR experiences to discover the best WebXR experiences and immersive media from the web and your friends on Facebook

Learn how to get started with the topics listed below.

Topic Guide

Topic	Description
Release Notes	Details of releases of Browser
Browser Specs	Covers getting started developing for Browser
Debug Content	Contains notes for debugging your content in Browser
Multiview WebGL Rendering	Describes how to simultaneously render for VR in versions 6.0+
Porting WebVR to WebXR	Describes how to migrate legacy WebVR content to WebXR enabled.