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The biggest friction points we hear from VR developers are the same two things: the ramp-up time to build, and the challenge of turning a shipped app into sustainable revenue. That's why "Build Faster, Earn More" is our focus over the next two months. Build Faster starts with reducing the weeks of setup, documentation hunting, and platform-specific debugging that eat into your creative time. The new Horizon Debug Bridge (hzdb), our MCP server, connects your AI coding assistant to your headset and platform docs so you get Quest-specific answers right in your editor. For Unity developers, the Meta XR Unity MCP Extension brings Quest context into Unity's AI Gateway. And 1.5 million royalty-free 3D assets are now available directly in the SDK. Earn More means going deep on monetization and discovery, the two challenges every developer faces after shipping. Starting in June, we're publishing step-by-step guides for acquisition, engagement and retention, and monetization at any scale, plus a growth hacking series covering audience definition, UGC strategy, and community-driven growth. All designed for solo developers and lean studios without dedicated marketing support. Building a great app is only half the equation. This series is about helping every developer turn that work into a sustainable business. Follow along over the next two months for the full series: https://bit.ly/4fh25Vt #VRDev #MetaQuest #BuildWithMeta #GameDev #IndieDev

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Meta Haptics Studio is now open source. Three years ago, we launched it as an experiment. A niche authoring tool to help developers create haptic clips for VR apps. Since then, it's evolved through a full public release, a major 2.0 update with advanced capabilities, and the open sourcing of the Haptics SDK. Today, it's all open source to give developers and designers an intuitive, universal visual workspace to: • Design professional haptic feedback without writing code • Preview clips in real time • Ship across several platforms from one project Get started by visiting the repo: https://bit.ly/3Pt607d #VR #MetaQuest #VRDev #HapticDesign #Developer #OpenSource

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Concepto Móvil championed Meta Certification across every team — technical, commercial, and leadership. 25+ employees earned their WhatsApp for Business and Business Messaging Strategy certifications. The shift wasn't just about credentials. It gave the entire company a shared framework for client conversations — and opened the door to higher-value opportunities that were previously out of reach. 📄 Read their story: https://bit.ly/4uC5fry Become a Certified Company: https://bit.ly/3QUSmKw

If you've been curious about how AI can plug into your VR development workflow but haven't had time to dig in, here's where to start: MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. It's an open standard that connects your favorite AI assistants to your development environment, giving them access to VR-specific tools and data that general AI doesn't have. When you use it through an AI agent: The MCP client requests available tools from the server Your query and tool data gets forwarded to the LLM The LLM determines which tools to call The client invokes them through the server Results come back to the LLM to generate your answer For developers building for Meta Quest, the available tools include device debugging, performance trace analysis, platform documentation, and our 3D asset library. Start accelerating your workflow with MCP here: https://bit.ly/4w3RVxr #VR #AI #Developer #VRDev #GameDev

Shader setup, particle system configs, render pipeline debugging. Not the hardest parts of a Unity project, but they eat more time than they should. AI agents built for VR development can handle that kind of work, and they plug into the tools you already use, like Claude Code and Cursor. In this demo, an agent built an interactive scene from three prompts. It created color-shifting spheres, applied iridescent soap bubble shaders, added floating particle trails with click-to-burst interaction, and debugged its own errors without being asked to. The developer described what they wanted at each step. The agent handled the implementation, including catching and fixing its own mistakes mid-build. Less time on setup that doesn't need your expertise means more time to focus on the work that does. Get started with AI tools for Quest development: https://bit.ly/4tLLP3p

How much of your VR dev time goes to boilerplate, shader setup, and compliance checks? AI tools can take those off your plate: • Generate code from plain-language prompts. • Create custom shaders without writing HLSL. • Run Store compliance checks before you submit. Whether you're an indie developer wearing every hat or a team looking to ship faster, these tools plug into the workflows you already use: Claude, Cursor, Unity, and more. Start building VR apps with AI tooling for Meta Quest: https://bit.ly/48v3tzK #VR #VRDev #AI #GameDev #Developer

Our goal is to help developers build sustainable businesses with Meta Quest. That starts with better tools, smarter workflows, and a platform you can plan around with confidence. Our VR Developer April Roundup brings together four updates with that goal in mind: • Meta Haptics Studio is now open source, giving you full control over cross-platform haptic design. • Meta Quest Runtime Optimizer joins Core SDK v203 with AI-powered analysis that can save you significant time on your profiling process. • GDC 2026 sessions are on demand, including deep dives on store discovery and building faster with AI development workflows. • Horizon OS v201 standardizes versioning and introduces new asset pipeline features to simplify your roadmap. Whether you're an indie studio shipping your first title or a team scaling your next one, these updates are built to help you move faster and earn more. Get the details here: https://bit.ly/4eNxvCz #VR #VRDev #AI #XR #Developer

The Threads API just shipped: long-form text up to 10,000 characters, ghost posts, GIFs, and easier embedding for public posts. Read more on our blog → https://bit.ly/4vwZOLA