Get Started

Welcome to the AltspaceVR Software Development Kit! Use these resources to get your project off the ground.

Tutorials

• Apps, Enclosures, and Displays Tutorial
  SDK apps are contained in “enclosures”. This tutorial shows you how to use them.
• Building AltspaceVR Apps With A-Frame
  Getting your first app running in 15 minutes!
• Hosting Your Apps
  Share your app by hosting it on JS Bin or GitHub.

Other miscellaneous guides

• Local Development Tutorial
  Setting up a local web server and building projects with the AltspaceVR SDK!
• Webpack Starter Project
  If you’re comfortable with the command line and npm, you can jump right in with our Webpack starter project.
• App Guidelines
  What sorts of things make good AltspaceVR apps
• Using your own Firebase server
  How to configure your own Firebase instance instead of using the shared one

Videos

• 3D Model deep dive
  Discussing glTF, and how to make performant models for AltspaceVR
• Secret Caesar deep dive
  A dive into the code of Secret Caesar, with lessons learned
• Headset Up deep dive part 1
  First of a discontinued three-part tutorial about the design process behind Headset Up

Examples

• Basic Examples
  Simple demos that show off specific features
• Wearables
  A menu-driven accessory demo system in A-Frame
• Headset Up
  A basic word guessing game in A-Frame
• Decorator
  Browse Google Poly for models, and grab to place in the scene. Showcases build systems and tooling for A-Frame.
• Secret Caesar
  A full game with a Node.js backend, and Three.js client