Taking React Native Into VR on Meta Quest React Universe On Air

About this episode

The episode explores the early days of React Native on VR, focusing on its differences from mobile and the potential for app development.

It’s a practical, developer‑focused look at the early days of React Native on VR: what works today, what’s different from mobile, and why so many app ideas translate better than you might expect. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to React Native on Meta Quest 01:10 Meet the guests: Jan Jaworski and Ram N 01:28 Ram’s background and experience 04:10 Jan’s background and experience 06:09 Exploring React Native on Meta Quest 07:09 How Meta Quest started 11:00 Getting started with React Native on Meta Quest 14:30 Betting on AOSP 17:00 First-mover advantage and developer opportunities 21:32 Differences between mobile and VR 24:45 Running Expo projects on the headset 25:28 React Native on Meta Quest, now for real 27:27 Starting a React Native project on Meta Quest 28:49 Developing and debugging on Meta Quest 30:19 Do you need a headset or an emulator? 31:57 Virtual Reality Development Experience 38:09 AI tooling 40:02 Meta Horizon Start Developer Competition 45:02 Conclusion and final thoughts

People in this episode

Guests: Jan Jaworski, Ram N

Topics covered

• React Native
• Virtual Reality
• Meta Quest
• Development
• Mobile vs VR
• AI tooling
• Developer opportunities

Keywords

• React Native
• Meta Quest
• Virtual Reality
• development
• AI tooling
• Expo
• developer opportunities

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta, Expo

Products: React Native, Meta Quest

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