steamvr.md

SteamVR (Advance information)

The SteamVR platform is currently in development and targeting the XRTK 0.3 release.

Requirements

To develop for the Steam platform, you will need:

• A Windows PC, Windows 7 or greater.
• The SteamVR client, installed and running
• An SteamVR compatible Device
• The XRTK.SDK package installed (first)
• The XRTK.SteamVR package (once a Mixed Reality Scene has been setup)

Platform considerations

The Platform considerations will be updated once the platform is released

Capabilities

The following capabilities are in development and likely to be available for the SteamVR platform

1. Headset Tracking
2. SteamVR supported controllers
3. Steam Index controllers implementation
4. Steam Actions Integration (New input system)

Quickstart (preview, subject to change)

1. Create a new Unity Project
2. Add the XRTK UPM registry to Unity by Opening the Unity Package Manager (Window -> Package manager), selecting the Advanced drop down and clicking on Advanced Project Settings, then Adding the following details:

   Name: XRTK

   URL: http://upm.xrtk.io:4873

   Scope(s): com.xrtk

3. Return to the Unity Package manager and select My Registries in the Sources) dropdown (next to the + symbol)
4. Select the XRTK.SDK and click Install
5. Install the XRTK.SteamVR platform
6. When prompted, install the SteamVR platform configuration in to your current project
7. Close the Unity Package Manager and return to your scene
8. Select or create the scene you want to create Mixed Reality Content in
9. Select Mixed Reality Toolkit -> Configure in the Unity Menu. THis will update your scene and add the MixedRealityToolkit instance.
10. Setup the Unity XR settings in "Edit -> Project Settings -> XR Plugin Management" for SteamVR

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