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Updated: Sep 2, 2026

Next steps

Explore the design guidelines to refine your hand-based experience and understand the principles behind great hand interactions.

Hands Overview — How hand tracking works in Meta Horizon OS and how to think about designing for hands
Hands Interaction Types — Deep dive into poke, ray, grab, and when to use each
Design Principles — Shared design philosophy for hand interactions
Best Practices — Ergonomic guidance, common pitfalls, and do’s and don’ts
Hands Examples — Real app examples of hands-based interactions for inspiration
Hand Representation — How to render hands in your app (system hands, custom models, transparency)
Panels — Panel sizing, placement, and layout for spatial UI
Accessibility — Inclusive design for diverse hand sizes, abilities, and input preferences

Go deeper with the Interaction SDK to add advanced interactions, custom gestures, and grabbable objects to your prototype.

Interaction SDK Overview — Architecture and concepts behind the SDK
Quick Actions — All available right-click Quick Actions for rapid setup
Packages and Requirements — Feature comparison between Essentials and Interaction SDK (Microgestures, Building Blocks, Body Pose, Unity version 6000.0.66f2+, devices Quest 2/3/3S/Pro)
Comprehensive Interaction Rig — Rig for interacting with objects in the environment
Setup Interaction SDK — Manual Asset Store install flow and OpenXR provider setup as alternative to MQDH
Architecture Overview — Key concepts, interactors, interactables lifecycle
Hand Grab Interactions — Let users pick up and manipulate virtual objects
Hand Pose Detection — Detect custom hand poses and gestures
Custom Hand Models — Replace the default hand mesh with your own
ISDK Example Scenes — Pre-built scenes demonstrating grabs, pokes, rays, and more
Microgestures — Thumb-based gestures for shortcuts and controls

Meta VR CLI overview — Use Meta VR CLI from a terminal or through an AI coding agent for AI-assisted development workflows.

Continue your learning using the following resources:

Develop Unity apps for Meta VR devices: Essential components and topics to build, test, and debug your apps.
Unity Sample Projects Overview: Sample scenes, motifs, and showcase projects built by Meta engineers to help you create VR experiences in Unity.
Meta XR Simulator Overview: Package that lets you preview your scene on your computer.
Meta Quest Developer Hub: App that manages devices, generates Unity projects, debugs apps, and submits them to the Meta Horizon Store.