When you create apps that target a Meta Quest device, you can set the target device(s) when you create the app and check the device that app is running on. You can then enable extra features to improve the user experience for apps running on the Quest 2 or Quest 3. For example, you can add more objects to a scene, to take advantage of its faster GPU.

An app is assumed to target primarily the Quest device (and not the Quest 2 or Quest 3) unless you include an Android manifest entry that tells it to do otherwise. As a result, the Meta Quest runtime defaults to reporting the current device is a Quest and maximizes compatibility by modifying internal behavior as needed to best run on that device.

This topic covers how to set the target device in Unreal Engine and get the device type at runtime.

When creating an app for a Meta Quest device, package the app for the Meta Quest devices by adding it to the Android Manifest using the Project Settings in Unreal.

To add Meta Quest devices to the manifest:

This adds the Quest/Quest 2/Quest 3 entry to the manifest:

<meta-data android:name="com.oculus.supportedDevices" android:value="quest2|questpro|quest3|quest3s"/>

If this manifest entry isn’t present, the runtime will respond with Quest (and not Quest 2 or Quest 3) as the current device type, regardless of SDK headers or other factors.

You can get the device type at runtime with the Meta Quest Get Device Type Blueprint. This is the correct way to perform device type checking on Quest devices within Blueprints. Note: The blueprint previously used for this, the Get Device Name Blueprint, has been deprecated.

The Get Device Type node looks like the image below and is enum-based. You can use it to check for your Meta Quest device.

You can find the implementation in the OculusFunctionLibrary, in the Oculus-VR fork of the Unreal Engine source code.

Note: To access the source code in the Oculus-VR GitHub repository, you must be logged in to GitHub and subscribed to the private EpicGames/UnrealEngine repository. For more information, see Accessing Unreal Engine source code on GitHub. Please note that after following these directions, it’s important that you accept the invitation in your email. Otherwise, you will continue to receive a 404 error when you try to access the repository links. An Unreal license is not required.

You can also check the headset type in code by using the OVRPlugin ovrp_GetSystemHeadsetType2(ovrpSystemHeadset* systemHeadsetType) function and compare the result to the enum value. For example, the ovrpSystemHeadset_Oculus_Quest_2 enum value would indicate the Quest 2.

You should not use the Android Java API android.os.build.MODEL for checking the device type. This is not supported, and will always return Quest.