Announcing the Meta Toolkit extension We are pleased to announce the release of the Godot Meta Toolkit, a GDExtension plugin that exposes Meta’s Platform SDK and provides other tools to simplify and accelerate XR development on Meta’s platform. Godot Meta Toolkit Platform SDK The project is Open Source (MIT license) and maintained by W4 Games with sponsorship from Meta. Contributions from the community are welcome! 🙂 W4 Games You can download version 1.0.2 from GitHub or the Asset Library. from GitHub Asset Library Let’s take a look at the features available in this release! Platform SDK The Platform SDK allows developers to access features of Meta’s store and online services, including: User profiles (including authentication and checking entitlement)
In-App Purchases (IAP)
Downloadable Content (DLC)
Friends, Parties, and Group Presence
Achievements
Leaderboards
… and much more! User profiles (including authentication and checking entitlement) In-App Purchases (IAP) Downloadable Content (DLC) Friends, Parties, and Group Presence Achievements Leaderboards … and much more! Support of the Platform SDK in the Godot Meta Toolkit is done using code generation, which automatically generates the Godot classes by processing the Platform SDK’s official C headers. This approach simplifies keeping the Godot Meta Toolkit up-to-date with the latest updates to the Platform SDK, and provides Godot APIs that match the Platform SDK’s C, Unity, and Unreal APIs. Platform SDK’s official C headers As of version 1.0.2, the Godot Meta Toolkit supports v72 of the Platform SDK. See the “Getting Started” guide in the documentation for more information! the “Getting Started” guide in the documentation Setup Tool for XR Simulator The Meta XR Simulator is the counterpart of the Godot XR Editor as it allows developers to test XR applications directly on their computer (Windows or macOS), removing the need to constantly put the headset on and off, thus leading to faster iteration. Meta XR Simulator Godot XR Editor The Godot editor can be configured to launch the Meta XR Simulator when you run your game, and the Godot Meta Toolkit includes a tool to help you with that configuration! See the “XR Simulator” documentation for more information! the “XR Simulator” documentation Easily configure exports for Meta Quest headsets When exporting your game for a Meta Quest headset, in particular, if you want to release on the HorizonOS store, there are a number of specific, required export settings. The Godot Meta Toolkit provides a new export option that, if checked, will automatically configure these settings to their required values. OpenXR Vendors plugin 3.1.2 release Here comes another release of the Godot OpenXR Vendors plugin with plenty of features and bug fixes! This release of the OpenXR vendors plugin is for Godot 4.3 and later only. You can download version 3.1.2 from GitHub or the Asset Library. GitHub Asset Library In addition, the XR sample projects are also available on the GitHub release and the Asset Library. GitHub release Asset Library Features Update OpenXR to Khronos 1.1.41 release
Add the option to enable hand tracking on Pico devices

Add support for toggling the hand tracking frequency on Pico devices between LOW and HIGH


Add the xr/openxr/extensions/automatically_request_runtime_permissions project setting to enable/disable automatic requests for runtime permissions

The project setting is enabled by default, which causes all runtime permissions to be requested at app launch
Developers can disable that behavior so that application logic can request the permissions in a context-specific manner


Add export profile for Magic Leap 2 devices Update OpenXR to Khronos 1.1.41 release Add the option to enable hand tracking on Pico devices

Add support for toggling the hand tracking frequency on Pico devices between LOW and HIGH Add support for toggling the hand tracking frequency on Pico devices between LOW and HIGH Add support for toggling the hand tracking frequency on Pico devices between LOW and HIGH LOW HIGH Add the xr/openxr/extensions/automatically_request_runtime_permissions project setting to enable/disable automatic requests for runtime permissions

The project setting is enabled by default, which causes all runtime permissions to be requested at app launch
Developers can disable that behavior so that application logic can request the permissions in a context-specific manner xr/openxr/extensions/automatically_request_runtime_permissions The project setting is enabled by default, which causes all runtime permissions to be requested at app launch
Developers can disable that behavior so that application logic can request the permissions in a context-specific manner The project setting is enabled by default, which causes all runtime permissions to be requested at app launch Developers can disable that behavior so that application logic can request the permissions in a context-specific manner Add export profile for Magic Leap 2 devices Bug fixes Update the signal emitted by OpenXRFbSpatialEntity.erase_from_storage() from _on_save_to_storage to _on_erase_from_storage
Only add the Android LAUNCHER category to the generated XR binary if the package/show_in_app_library export option is enabled
Fix wall, floor, and ceiling collision shapes with Jolt physics
Add export option to enable or disable sharing of Meta’s spatial anchors

This adds the com.oculus.permission.IMPORT_EXPORT_IOT_MAP_DATA permission when enabled


Fix a crash that happens when a spatial anchor is created before the OpenXR session has begun
Reworked geometric algebra used by Meta body tracking extension to address root and shoulder tracking bugs
Remove deprecated “Contextual” boundary mode on Meta Quest
Fix OpenXRFbPassthroughExtensionWrapper from wiping out the next pointer chain for system properties
Fix passthrough sample color map display bug
Fix the issue preventing vendor options in the export preset from being updated Update the signal emitted by OpenXRFbSpatialEntity.erase_from_storage() from _on_save_to_storage to _on_erase_from_storage OpenXRFbSpatialEntity.erase_from_storage() _on_save_to_storage _on_erase_from_storage Only add the Android LAUNCHER category to the generated XR binary if the package/show_in_app_library export option is enabled Android LAUNCHER category package/show_in_app_library Fix wall, floor, and ceiling collision shapes with Jolt physics Add export option to enable or disable sharing of Meta’s spatial anchors

This adds the com.oculus.permission.IMPORT_EXPORT_IOT_MAP_DATA permission when enabled This adds the com.oculus.permission.IMPORT_EXPORT_IOT_MAP_DATA permission when enabled This adds the com.oculus.permission.IMPORT_EXPORT_IOT_MAP_DATA permission when enabled com.oculus.permission.IMPORT_EXPORT_IOT_MAP_DATA Fix a crash that happens when a spatial anchor is created before the OpenXR session has begun Reworked geometric algebra used by Meta body tracking extension to address root and shoulder tracking bugs Remove deprecated “Contextual” boundary mode on Meta Quest Fix OpenXRFbPassthroughExtensionWrapper from wiping out the next pointer chain for system properties OpenXRFbPassthroughExtensionWrapper Fix passthrough sample color map display bug Fix the issue preventing vendor options in the export preset from being updated Godot XR Tools 4.4.0 release https://youtu.be/xJKQ2ca5zVw?embedable=true https://youtu.be/xJKQ2ca5zVw?embedable=true This version of XR Tools has been updated to contain Godot 4.2 mesh formats and thus requires Godot 4.2+. Godot 4.2 mesh formats requires Godot 4.2+ You can download version 4.4.0 from GitHub or the Asset Library. You can download the Godot XR Tools demo on itch.io. GitHub Asset Library the Godot XR Tools demo on itch.io The Godot XR Tools repository on GitHub contains a GitHub workflow that prepares and uploads the demo project to the above itch.io page. This workflow can be used as a template for your own project. GitHub workflow Features The StartXR startup script has had a cleanup pass, it now:

Properly handles the passthrough system changes in Godot 4.3. Godot 4.3 saw changes in basing passthrough on the environment blend mode and moved logic into the vendor plugin to improve platform support for passthrough. XR Tools now makes use of this new system.
Add proper support for the immersive-ar and immersive-vr webXR modes
Provides signals to notify when the user enters or exits XR


Pickable objects now include an action_released signal so additional logic can be written when objects are dropped by the user
Allow grab-points and poses to work with different types of hand trackers
The vignette shader now works properly in Godot 4 including support for reverse-Z depth buffers
Add visibility_changed notifications to Viewport2Din3D hosted scenes
Add SnapPath, a new snap object that allows you to snap objects along a path and at fixed intervals The StartXR startup script has had a cleanup pass, it now:

Properly handles the passthrough system changes in Godot 4.3. Godot 4.3 saw changes in basing passthrough on the environment blend mode and moved logic into the vendor plugin to improve platform support for passthrough. XR Tools now makes use of this new system.
Add proper support for the immersive-ar and immersive-vr webXR modes
Provides signals to notify when the user enters or exits XR Properly handles the passthrough system changes in Godot 4.3. Godot 4.3 saw changes in basing passthrough on the environment blend mode and moved logic into the vendor plugin to improve platform support for passthrough. XR Tools now makes use of this new system.
Add proper support for the immersive-ar and immersive-vr webXR modes
Provides signals to notify when the user enters or exits XR Properly handles the passthrough system changes in Godot 4.3. Godot 4.3 saw changes in basing passthrough on the environment blend mode and moved logic into the vendor plugin to improve platform support for passthrough. XR Tools now makes use of this new system. Add proper support for the immersive-ar and immersive-vr webXR modes Provides signals to notify when the user enters or exits XR Pickable objects now include an action_released signal so additional logic can be written when objects are dropped by the user Pickable objects action_released Allow grab-points and poses to work with different types of hand trackers grab-points The vignette shader now works properly in Godot 4 including support for reverse-Z depth buffers vignette shader Add visibility_changed notifications to Viewport2Din3D hosted scenes visibility_changed Viewport2Din3D Add SnapPath, a new snap object that allows you to snap objects along a path and at fixed intervals SnapPath Bug fixes Fix custom hand poses calling legacy remove_animation
Invisible Viewport2Din3D now disable physics and viewport updates
Improvements to collision hands so collision shapes of picked up objects are added and we no longer have hands collide with dropped objects Fix custom hand poses calling legacy remove_animation remove_animation Invisible Viewport2Din3D now disable physics and viewport updates Viewport2Din3D Improvements to collision hands so collision shapes of picked up objects are added and we no longer have hands collide with dropped objects By Bastiaan Olij By Bastiaan Olij Also published here here

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