Quest of the new virtual keyboard is cleverly integrated into the application

QuestThe new virtual keyboard is neatly integrated into apps, not just a rough overlay.

如果您为智能手机开发应用程序，则不必同时构建触摸屏键盘。操作系统会为您处理这个问题。在VR和AR中，这并不那么简单，因为虚拟键盘是三维空间中的对象。

Build a virtual keyboard from scratch, especially one that handles accentsDifferent languages are a significant investment of time and effort, not to mention that it means users have an inconsistent text input experience between different applications.

On Quest Developers have been able to 调出 使用的虚拟键盘 Meta自 2020 年年中以来的系统软件。但这看起来像是固定位置的粗糙叠加，无论其他虚拟对象在哪里，都会在应用程序上方渲染，并用半透明系统“幽灵手”替换他们的应用程序内手，直到他们完成输入。感觉完全不合适。

Meta's new Virtual Keyboard for Unity solved these problems. It's not just an API call to an overlay, but a developer's actual prefab location in their app. The virtual keyboard works with a hand or a controller, and developers can choose between direct touch mode at close range or a laser pointer at a distance.

The operating system populates the surface of the virtual keyboard with the keys at the user's location, which means that even if the developer never updates the app, the keyboard will get future features and improvements over time.

The virtual keyboard was introduced in April as an experimental feature - so it couldn't be shipped to the store or App Lab - but it's now upgraded to a production feature in the v54 SDK released this week.