Oculus API to be deprecated and unavailable for platform integrations

Oculus Rooms API will be deprecated and removed from the list of available Platform APIs for integration from January 2023.

The deprecation of Oculus API won’t affect any apps currently listed in the Meta Quest Store or App Lab that use Rooms API, but unreleased apps using the Rooms API won’t be supported after the deprecation.

All apps created through the Developer Dashboard after the Rooms API has been deprecated will not have access to it as well as Matchmaking and Oculus P2P features, which both use Oculus Rooms for functionality. Rooms API will continue functioning normally for all apps that have integrated the API prior to deprecation.

Developers can convert any existing Rooms integrations to the Group Presence API, which also integrates with Destinations. For multiplayer features like matchmaking, there are alternative services available from Photon, Epic, PlayFab, and Unity.

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Currently, the Oculus Rooms API has a series of known issues that either force a developer to work around them or can be solved by other solutions like the Group Presence APIs, which is why the API is being

Among other known issues, the Rooms API doesn’t fit into the modern Group Presence APIs which can only be set by the developer. For example, the Oculus Rooms API allows both the app and the platform to apply changes to the list of users in the room. If the app places a user in the room, there is no guarantee that the user will still be in the room when the list of users is fetched.

Developers can pursue similar functionality of Oculus Rooms with the Group Presence API, along with Platform SDK multiplayer features like Invite to App, Destinations, Rosters, and more.