Meta Blocks for Collaboration

Meta Blocks

1. Networked Avatar 

• Function: Displays users' avatars and synchronizes their movements across the virtual environment.

• Resources:

  • Networking Avatars using Meta Avatars SDK

  • Part 3: Step By Step Networked Avatars in Unity 3D - YouTube

2. Auto Matchmaking 

• Function: Automatically connects users running the app into the same virtual room.

• Resources:

  • Multiplayer Building Blocks Setup Guide

  • Build a Multiplayer VR Game in just a Few Clicks - YouTube

3. Custom Matchmaking 

• Function: Allows the creation of private rooms that users can join using a specific token.

• Resources:

  • Multiplayer Building Blocks Setup Guide

  • Avatars with Custom Matchmaking - Meta Community Forums

4. Colocation 

• Function: Applies a shared spatial anchor, enabling users in the same physical location to experience synchronized virtual content.

• Resources:

  • Shared Spatial Anchors Documentation

  • 15 EASY Steps to Build a Colocated Multiplayer XR Game - YouTube

5. Player Voice Chat 

• Function: Integrates voice communication using the Photon Voice 2 package.

• Resources:

  • Integrating Voice SDK -- Explains functionality behind building block

6. Networked Grabbable Object 

• Function: Enables multiple users to interact with the same virtual object collaboratively.

• Resources:

  • Grabbables in Interactions SDK

  • VR Basics: Grabbing Objects | Meta SDK - YouTube

7. Player Name Tag

• Function: Displays users' names above their avatars.

• Resources:

  • How to create a name tag that faces the camera [Unity] - YouTube