Awesome OpenXR

A curated list of OpenXR links and resources.

OpenXR is an open standard that provides native access to a range of virtual and augmented reality devices.

Contents

• Notable Apps
• Development
  • Runtimes
  • Engines
• Tutorials
• Projects
• Communities
• Related Lists

Notable Apps

• Microsoft Flight Simulator
• Minecraft in VR

Development

Runtimes

About OpenXR runtimes - General background information about OpenXR runtimes.

• Bytedance: OpenXR Mobile SDK
• Canon: MREAL Platform Displays and Headsets
• Collabora: Open source OpenXR implementation for a variety of headsets on Linux and other platforms
• HTC: OpenXR PC and Mobile support
• Magic Leap: OpenXR instructions for Magic Leap 2
• Meta: OpenXR Mobile SDK, OpenXR PC Support
• Microsoft: OpenXR runtime for Windows Mixed Reality headsets
• SteamVR: OpenXR runtime for all supported headsets on Windows
• Varjo: OpenXR runtime for all supported Varjo headsets

Engines

• Unreal - One of the most used game engines, developed by Epic Games, and supporting OpenXR as of version 4.23.

  • Official Documentation

• Unity - A very popular game engine supporting OpenXR as of version 2020.2.0.

  • Official Documentation

• Godot - A cross-platform, open-source engine with OpenXR support as of version 3.3.

  • Official Documentation

Tutorials

• Getting started with OpenXR - Microsoft guide to start developing using OpenXR for HoloLens 2 and Windows Mixed Reality headset.

• Introduction to OpenXR - Building a cross-platform Mixed Reality application from scratch, without game engines, and deploying it to Hololens 2.

Projects

• LOVR - Lua Virtual Reality Framework
• LWJGL - Java library that enables cross-platform access to popular native graphics development APIs
• Open Brush - A free fork of Tilt Brush, a room-scale 3D-painting virtual-reality application

Communities

• Khronos OpenXR Forum - Official OpenXR forum by the Khronos Group, the consortium developing OpenXR.
• KhronosDevs Slack - Official Khronos Developer Slack, containing an OpenXR channel.
• r/OpenXR - Main subreddit for OpenXR.
• Monado Discord - Official Discord server for Monado, the first OpenXR runtime for GNU/Linux.

Related Lists

• awesome - Curated list of awesome lists.
• awesome-webxr - Curated list of WebXR links and resources.
• awesome-opengl - Curated list of awesome OpenGL libraries, debuggers and resources.
• awesome-vulkan - Curated list of awesome Vulkan libraries, debuggers and resources.