Meta / Request for Proposal
XR Pro Player
A Meta RFP prototype pairing streamed films with immersive scenes on Quest.
- Contribution
- Project lead, team assembly and development
Developed for a Meta RFP. We led the project and brought another expert on board for development.
Prototype / 2025
The challenge
For a Meta request for proposal (RFP), explore a media player that extends movie moments into the viewer’s room, with immersive effects synchronized to the film.
The work
We led the project and brought another expert on board. Together, we built a custom backend to stream videos to Quest, used AVPro Video for playback in Unity, and synchronized immersive effects with Unity Timeline. Curated scenes from several films formed the showcase.
- Custom backend for streaming videos to Quest
- Unity media player using AVPro Video
- Immersive effects synchronized with Unity Timeline
- Curated movie scenes demonstrating the experience
The result
A working showcase of streamed film scenes with synchronized immersive effects, used to explore a broader immersive media format.
The vision
The larger idea was an immersive companion file: similar to an SRT subtitle file, but describing spatial elements that play alongside a movie. The player would interpret that file and bring its scenes into the room at the right moments. We explored two possible paths: working with film rights holders to curate official experiences, or an open format with a marketplace where artists could offer immersive scenes for viewers to download and play alongside their films. This was a proposed direction, not a released file standard or marketplace.