MN VR and HCI May 2025: Quest 3 MR For Reals

Quest 3 MR For Reals – Zach Wendt

Quest has steadily gained MR/AR features over the last year, and now has nearly the full feature set of Apple Vision Pro / HoloLens. Even without the full performance of those $4k headsets, this allows for some genuine MR/AR experiences (unlike the past era of background passthrough in a pre-scanned room.)

This example-heavy overview will cover:

• The new Quest camera access API – capabilities, limitations, great developer prototypes, and what’s in the Quest store so far
• The Boundary APIs and recent OS changes around boundaries
• Depth API and MRUK updates for real-world raycasting
• Devs using the Depth API as a workaround for (not yet released) continuous world mesh scanning
• A quick overview of the new and improved options for sharing spatial anchors
• Bonus: Quick summary of what was/wasn’t revealed about Android XR at Google I/O

Schedule:

• 6:30 Social and setup
• 7:00 Kickoff / announcements
• 7:15 Zach Wendt
• ~8:30 Tear-down, cross the sidewalk to Yardhouse

Attending:

This event will be in person at the REM5 STUDIOS new office in West End, and live streamed on https://www.youtube.com/igdatc

Park underground and take the central red elevator to ground level, then cross the outdoor walkway. REM5 STUDIOS is across the sidewalk from Yardhouse. Map below.

About MN VR and HCI:

MN VR and HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) welcomes developers, tinkerers and enthusiasts working with all variety of VR, AR, HCI, hardware hacking, creative coding and interactive art. Members are working on projects with custom displays and lenses, projection mapping, mocap, tiny computers, servos and sensors, interactive art and a wide variety of VR, AR, motion and computer vision applications. If you’ve only been to our parent group IGDATC meetings, MN VR and HCI is a slightly different format: We aim for smaller group discussions and lots of specific details.