Hi all
I’m just a novice hobbyist, please be gentle.
Got new Windows 11 PC and want to try developing apps for PCVR using Meta Quest 3 headset. I’ve previously dabbled with developing stand-alone Quest apps (with mixed results) but I thought this time I would try dev for PC - thinking life might be easier with all the Android stuff out of the way (ha ha).
Baby steps …
I installed UE 5.7, created project with VR template as (what I hope will be) a simple test. I set up Meta Quest Link and I can use my headset for VR Preview. Hurray.
Next I tried packaging. Initially it just wouldn’t do it. A bit of Googling led me to download and install latest Windows SDK and DotNet. Now the project will start building but it fails with unknown error. Examining the log and a bit more Googling seems to indicate I need Visual Studio Community 2022.
This page seems to confirm this is indeed what I need,
However, it doesn’t say where or how to get Visual Studio. If I search and try to get it from Microsoft it looks like only a newer v2026 (bit premature?) is available.
I did look for the older 2022 version at this page but there isn’t a Community version, and the page says “Older versions require an active Visual Studio Subscription”!
I also tried using this forum item, but that didn’t get me any further. It still reference the 2022 version. It suggests it has a link to “VS 2022 For UE 5.7.0” but that actually takes me to some sort of learning app on the Google store.
Any suggestions for how I can proceed to sort out the Visual Studio install and configuration?
Thanks in advance.