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Get connected! - Meta Horizon Start Developer Competition

Why is the Meta Horizon Start Developer Competition exciting?  

This competition is an opportunity to show off your skills and imagination by building or updating a Meta Horizon OS immersive app. You'll get to leverage powerful build paths to bring your visions to life faster than ever before. With a massive $1.5 million prize pool up for grabs, this is your chance to win big, connect with a thriving community of fellow developers, and get your work in front of a growing audience on Meta Horizon Start.

What is this competition all about?

An immersive experience built for Meta Horizon OS, targeting Meta Quest devices and aligned with at least one of the following tracks:

  • Entertainment: Reimagine how users consume or watch content, making it more immersive and interactive.
  • Lifestyle: Enhance peoples’ daily lives, how they get things done, learn new skills, and connect with others around shared interests.
  • Gaming
    • Casual Games: Accessible, single-player games designed for quick, engaging fun.
    • Social Games: Multiplayer experiences that connect people in real time to play a game together.

Experiment with the latest Horizon OS features and toolkits or explore various build paths to get rewarded for your innovation, design, and technical excellence in special categories, including:

  • Hands: Design intuitive, controller-free interactions that make VR feel natural. Projects showcasing advanced hand interactions are eligible for the Best Implementation of Hand Interactions award. Get started: Unity | Unreal | Spatial SDK | WebXR.
  • Passthrough Camera Access with AI: Merge physical and virtual spaces by incorporating real-world visuals and context-aware overlays. Experiences using passthrough creatively may earn the Best Use of Camera Passthrough Access with AI award. Get started: Unity | Unreal | Spatial SDK.
  • Meta Spatial SDK: Develop immersive spatial experiences built on a native Android framework that seamlessly connects virtual and real-world elements. Exceptional Spatial SDK builds may receive the Best Immersive Experience Built with Spatial SDK award. Get started by visiting the documentation.
  • Immersive Web SDK: Build immersive web experiences using our new Immersive Web SDK and leverage modern architecture, familiar workflows, and production-ready systems to streamline your workflow. Projects built for the web will be eligible for the Best Immersive Experience Built with Immersive Web SDK award. 
  • Android Development: Android apps that leverage features unique to Meta Quest, solve a user problem arising from using a Meta Quest, or are uniquely useful when Meta Quest is in Travel Mode are eligible for Best Android App awards. Get started by exploring our Android app documentation. 
  • React Native: Projects that creatively reimagine existing mobile or web apps, or are entirely new immersive experiences using React Native are eligible for the Best Experience Built with React Native award.

Want Some Help?

Already working on your world, but could use a little help? In addition to asking questions in the Developer Forum, the following resources are there to assist and may bring you one step closer to a winning project.

Upcoming key events:

See all future events here. See past recorded sessions on Youtube

If you’re not already a member of the Start program, apply now to join the competition. 

We can’t wait to see your project!