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by Ashok Balasubramanian dot icon Updated: Apr 4, 2022

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With Facebook rebranding itself as Meta and multiple corporations betting on the Metaverse, the interest for development on Metaverse and Extended Reality (XR) have peaked. And it’s no surprise: XR technologies are changing the way we interact with our environment while offering immersive experiences. But what is Extended Reality (XR)? Extended Reality (XR) is an environment or experience that combines virtual and physical realities through the use of augmented reality (AR), mixed reality, virtual reality (VR) or any similar immersive technologies. Think Pokemon Go or The Walking Dead: Our World — games that combine your phone’s camera with a layer of 3D animated objects superimposed on top of it. Or imagine being able to virtually open up a virtual world inside of real-world buildings, like in Ready Player One. Whether you’re new to XR and just starting out, or you’re looking for specific tools to help you in your development process, you can use the following open source resources for your Extended Reality (XR) applications.

three.jsby mrdoob

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JavaScript 3D Library.

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            three.jsby mrdoob

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            JavaScript 3D Library.
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                      aframeby aframevr

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                      :a: Web framework for building virtual reality experiences.

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                                aframeby aframevr

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                                :a: Web framework for building virtual reality experiences.
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                                          bullet3by bulletphysics

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                                          Bullet Physics SDK: real-time collision detection and multi-physics simulation for VR, games, visual effects, robotics, machine learning etc.

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                                                    bullet3by bulletphysics

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                                                    Bullet Physics SDK: real-time collision detection and multi-physics simulation for VR, games, visual effects, robotics, machine learning etc.
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                                                              react-360by facebookarchive

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                                                              Create amazing 360 and VR content using React

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                                                                        react-360by facebookarchive

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                                                                        Create amazing 360 and VR content using React
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                                                                                  pannellumby mpetroff

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                                                                                  Pannellum is a lightweight, free, and open source panorama viewer for the web.

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                                                                                            pannellumby mpetroff

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                                                                                            Pannellum is a lightweight, free, and open source panorama viewer for the web.
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                                                                                                      viroby viromedia

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                                                                                                      ViroReact: AR and VR using React Native

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                                                                                                                viroby viromedia

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                                                                                                                ViroReact: AR and VR using React Native
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                                                                                                                          react-xrby pmndrs

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                                                                                                                          🤳 VR/AR with react-three-fiber

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                                                                                                                                    react-xrby pmndrs

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                                                                                                                                    🤳 VR/AR with react-three-fiber
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                                                                                                                                              XR-Interaction-Toolkit-Examplesby Unity-Technologies

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                                                                                                                                              This repository contains various examples to use with the XR Interaction Toolkit

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                                                                                                                                                        XR-Interaction-Toolkit-Examplesby Unity-Technologies

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                                                                                                                                                        This repository contains various examples to use with the XR Interaction Toolkit
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                                                                                                                                                                  OpenXR-SDKby KhronosGroup

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                                                                                                                                                                  Generated headers and sources for OpenXR loader.

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                                                                                                                                                                            OpenXR-SDKby KhronosGroup

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                                                                                                                                                                            Generated headers and sources for OpenXR loader.
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                                                                                                                                                                                      OpenXR-SDK-Sourceby KhronosGroup

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                                                                                                                                                                                      Sources for OpenXR loader, basic API layers, and example code.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                Sources for OpenXR loader, basic API layers, and example code.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          OpenXR-MixedRealityby microsoft

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                                                                                                                                                                                                          OpenXR samples and preview headers for HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality developers familiar with Visual Studio

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    OpenXR-MixedRealityby microsoft

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    OpenXR samples and preview headers for HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality developers familiar with Visual Studio
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              cardboard-xr-pluginby googlevr

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Google Cardboard XR Plugin for Unity

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Google Cardboard XR Plugin for Unity
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  unity-xr-pluginby ValveSoftware

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  OpenVR plugin for Unity's XR API

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            unity-xr-pluginby ValveSoftware

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            OpenVR plugin for Unity's XR API
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      DxRby ronellsicat

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      DXR is a Unity package for rapid prototyping of immersive data visualizations in augmented, mixed, and virtual reality (AR, MR, VR) or XR for short.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                DxRby ronellsicat

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                DXR is a Unity package for rapid prototyping of immersive data visualizations in augmented, mixed, and virtual reality (AR, MR, VR) or XR for short.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          xr3ngineby xr3ngine

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          An end-to-end solution for hosting humans and AI in a virtual space, built on top of react, three.js and express/feathers. This repo includes a fully-feature client, API server, realtime gamerserver, game engine and devops for scalable deployment. Pick and choose what you need or deploy the whole stack and start building your application on top.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    xr3ngineby xr3ngine

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    An end-to-end solution for hosting humans and AI in a virtual space, built on top of react, three.js and express/feathers. This repo includes a fully-feature client, API server, realtime gamerserver, game engine and devops for scalable deployment. Pick and choose what you need or deploy the whole stack and start building your application on top.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              XRAutomatedTestsby Unity-Technologies

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              XRAutomatedTests is where you can find functional, graphics, performance, and other types of automated tests for your XR Unity development.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        XRAutomatedTests is where you can find functional, graphics, performance, and other types of automated tests for your XR Unity development.
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