November Oculus Developer Recap

November was packed with a lot of exciting announcements and updates, from Application SpaceWarp and Presence Platform's Voice SDK to new multiplayer features and the SharedSpaces multiplayer showcase. In case you missed one of the highlights, take a look back at our developer blog posts from November.

How to Level Up Your Profiling With RenderDoc for Oculus
This blog reviews how to use RenderDoc for Oculus effectively, as well as some pitfalls you should avoid.

New Multiplayer Feature Makes It Easier to Grow Your Community
With our latest v34 release, we’re introducing the Quick Invite API—a feature that lets you integrate the VR Platform invite flow into your app so it reflects your unique look-and-feel for maximal immersion. Users can still send invites without leaving your game and invitees can easily join directly from the Quest UI.

Rebuilding ‘Resident Evil 4’: What it Took to Bring Capcom’s Classic to Oculus Quest 2
We recently sat down with Armature Studio Senior Producer Tom Ivey for an insider look at how Armature rebuilt the classic Resident Evil 4 for cutting-edge hardware.

Oculus Developer Release Notes: v34
Check out our latest release notes for v34.

Presence Platform Voice SDK and Passthrough Now Available
We’re excited to announce the experimental release of Voice SDK, part of the Presence Platform, on Quest devices. Also, you can now start building and shipping mixed reality experiences with the general availability of Passthrough.

Introducing Application SpaceWarp
Application SpaceWarp (AppSW) is a developer-driven optimization technology that can unlock extra computation power for suitable content. In our initial testing, Application SpaceWarp gave applications up to 70 percent additional compute, potentially with little to no perceptible artifacts.

Multiplayer Showcase SharedSpaces Shows How you Can Quickly Bring People Together in VR
SharedSpaces is a multiplayer showcase built by the VR Developer Technology team to demonstrate how you can quickly get people together in VR using our Social APIs.

Marketing Your App and Building Your Business: Insights From Connect 2021
As the VR community continues to grow and expand, Connect 2021 highlighted the ways that developers are becoming more self-sustaining and successful in this ever-changing environment. The following sessions shared key ways you can simplify and streamline the development process, expand distribution, and build a community of superusers who create and share content around your game.

App Lab at Connect 2021
As more apps are submitted to App Lab, we’re working hard to provide you with all the tools and information you need to distribute your app directly to consumers. These Connect 2021 sessions offered some important advice and helpful suggestions about how to make your App Lab launch as successful as possible.

Diversity and Accessibility at Connect 2021
Embracing and prioritizing diversity and accessibility are some of the best ways you can expand your audience, build your community, and develop an environment that incorporates and reflects a broad range of views and perspectives. In these Connect 2021 sessions, VR creators shared how they’re working to develop more inclusive worlds and experiences.

Oculus Developer Hub 2.0
Oculus Developer Hub (ODH) helps you improve development iteration time, measure app performance, and stay informed on Oculus community news. If you tuned in for Connect 2021, you heard more about our latest update—ODH 2.0—that brings a fresh new look and several new features to make working with your devices more natural. From improvements in file and user management to performance monitoring and all-around quality of life, this is a big one!

Developer Q&A: How Ready At Dawn Used Oculus Platform Multiplayer Features to Raise Its Game
Echo VR was one of the first apps to integrate our multiplayer APIs and saw some incredible effects. We spoke with Ready At Dawn Project Lead David Neubelt to learn more about how their incorporation of these features impacted their community’s growth—making it easier than ever to bring friends along and clash in the Echo Arena.

Reach Your Audience with User Notifications
At Connect 2021, we announced Oculus user notifications. This new tool enables you to reach your audience where they are and bring them back into your app in meaningful ways.

If you have any questions or if there are other topics that you’d like us to cover in the blog, please let us know in the Developer Forum⁠.