Interaction SDK is available as two separate packages in the Unity Package Manager. The Interaction SDK package is the core package that provides the core interaction models and runtime components. The Interaction SDK Essentials package is an optional package that provides the core implementations of all the provided interaction models along with necessary shaders, materials, and prefabs. The package optionally can integrate with Unity XR if the dependency is available. Use this package paired with Unity’s XR Hands if cross platform development is important to your project.

Interaction SDK Essentials

The Interaction SDK Essentials provides the core implementations of all the provided interaction models along with necessary shaders, materials, and prefabs. The package optionally can integrate with Unity XR if the dependency is available. Use this package paired with Unity’s XR Hands if cross platform development is important to your project.

Interaction SDK Essentials follows the standard Unity UPM layout and contains two root folders, each with their own Assembly Definition (.asmdef):

Editor (Oculus.Interaction.Editor): Contains all Editor code for Interaction SDK Essentials.

Runtime (Oculus.Interaction): Contains the core runtime components of Interaction SDK Essentials.

This package also includes a sample covering the basic feature set for import through the Package Manager.

Interaction SDK

This package allows Interaction SDK to interface with the Core SDK “OVRPlugin”. Use this package if you want to take full advantage of the features available to Meta devices.

Interaction SDK follows the standard Unity UPM layout and contains two root folders, each with their own Assembly Definition (.asmdef):

Editor (Oculus.Interaction.OVR.Editor): Contains all Editor code for Interaction SDK.

Runtime (Oculus.Interaction.OVR): Contains the core runtime components of Interaction SDK.

This package also includes multiple samples covering a broad range of features and use cases available for import through the Package Manager.

Package Feature Comparison

	Interaction SDK Essentials	Interaction SDK
XR Backend	UnityXR	Meta XR Core SDK (OVR)
Input System	Unity Input	OVR Input
Controller Tracking
Hand Tracking
Controller-Driven Hands	Custom Hand Animated Poses	System Poses - “Capsense”
Microgestures
Pinch	Heuristic	ML-Based
System Menu Gestures
Capsense Hands
Multimodal
UI Set
Quick Actions
Building Blocks
Raycast
Poke
Pinch Grab
Palm Grab
Ray Grab
Object Transformation
Controller Teleport Locomotion
Hand Teleport Locomotion	L-Gesture	L-Gesture, Microgesture
Controller Sliding Locomotion
Grab Posing
Distance Grab
Throw
Pose Recording
Pose Detection
Touch Hand Grab
Grab Use
Gesture Detection
Body Pose Detection
Snap
Samples	Single (Basic Features)	Multiple (Broad Feature/Use Case)

Dependencies

Interaction SDK package depends on the following package:

[SDK] Oculus Core (com.oculus.integration.vr)

Interaction SDK Essentials optionally depends on the following packages:

OpenXR (com.unity.xr.openxr)

OpenXR (com.unity.xr.hands)

The importable samples additionally depend on the following package:

TextMeshPro (com.unity.textmeshpro)

Prerequisites

Set up your headset.

Install Link.

Supported devices

Quest 1

Quest 2

Quest 3

Quest 3S

Quest Pro

Supported Unity versions

6+ (recommended)

2022.3.15f1 or higher

OpenXR compatibility

Interaction SDK supports OpenXR via the Oculus OpenXR backend. Unity’s OpenXR backend is also usable with Interaction SDK’s Unity XR integration available in the Essentials package.

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