QuestRealityCapture

Capture and store real-world data on Meta Quest 3 or 3s, including HMD/controller poses, stereo passthrough images, camera metadata, and depth maps.

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📖 Overview

QuestRealityCapture is a Unity-based data logging app for Meta Quest 3. It captures and stores synchronized real-world information such as headset and controller poses, images from both passthrough cameras, camera characteristics, and depth data, organized per session.

For data parsing, visualization, and reconstruction, refer to the companion project: Meta Quest 3D Reconstruction

This includes:

• Scripts for loading and decoding camera poses, intrinsics, and depth descriptors
• Conversions of raw YUV images and depth maps to usable formats (RGB, point clouds)
• Utilities for reconstructing 3D scenes using Open3D
• Export pipelines to prepare data for SfM/SLAM tools like COLMAP

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✅ Features

• Records HMD and controller poses (in Unity coordinate system)
• Captures YUV passthrough images from both left and right cameras
• Logs Camera2 API characteristics and image format information
• Saves depth maps and depth descriptors from both cameras
• Automatically organizes logs into timestamped folders on internal storage

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📢 NOTICE (v1.1.0)

Starting with version 1.1.0, the camera pose values stored in left_camera_characteristics.json and right_camera_characteristics.json are now saved as raw pose values directly obtained from the Android Camera2 API.

Migration Guide for Older Logs (v1.0.x and earlier)

In versions prior to 1.1.0, the camera poses were preprocessed into Unity coordinate space. To convert these older poses to match the new raw format convention, apply the following transformation:

• Translation (position):

  (x, y, z) → (x, y, -z)
  

• Rotation (quaternion):

  (x, y, z, w) → (-x, -y, z, w)
  

This conversion aligns the preprocessed Unity pose with the raw Android pose representation now used in version 1.1.0 and later.

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🧾 Data Structure

Each time you start recording, a new folder is created under:

/sdcard/Android/data/com.t34400.QuestRealityCapture/files

Example structure:

/sdcard/Android/data/com.t34400.QuestRealityCapture/files
└── YYYYMMDD_hhmmss/
    ├── hmd_poses.csv
    ├── left_controller_poses.csv
    ├── right_controller_poses.csv
    │
    ├── left_camera_raw/
    │   ├── <unixtimeMs>.yuv
    │   └── ...
    ├── right_camera_raw/
    │   ├── <unixtimeMs>.yuv
    │   └── ...
    │
    ├── left_camera_image_format.json
    ├── right_camera_image_format.json
    ├── left_camera_characteristics.json
    ├── right_camera_characteristics.json
    │
    ├── left_depth/
    │   ├── <unixtimeMs>.raw
    │   └── ...
    ├── right_depth/
    │   ├── <unixtimeMs>.raw
    │   └── ...
    │
    ├── left_depth_descriptors.csv
    └── right_depth_descriptors.csv

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📄 Data Format Details

Pose CSV

• Files: hmd_poses.csv, left_controller_poses.csv, right_controller_poses.csv

• Format:

  unix_time,ovr_timestamp,pos_x,pos_y,pos_z,rot_x,rot_y,rot_z,rot_w
  

Camera Characteristics (JSON)

• Obtained via Android Camera2 API
• Includes pose, intrinsics (fx, fy, cx, cy), sensor info, etc.

Image Format (JSON)

• Includes resolution, format (e.g., YUV_420_888), per-plane buffer info
• Contains baseMonoTimeNs and baseUnixTimeMs for timestamp alignment

Passthrough Camera (Raw YUV)

• Raw YUV frames are stored as .yuv files under left_camera_raw/ and right_camera_raw/.
• Image format and buffer information are provided in the accompanying *_camera_image_format.json files.

To convert passthrough YUV (YUV_420_888) images to RGB for visualization or reconstruction, see: Meta Quest 3D Reconstruction

Depth Map Descriptor CSV

• Format:

  timestamp_ms,ovr_timestamp,create_pose_location_x, ..., create_pose_rotation_w,
  fov_left_angle_tangent,fov_right_angle_tangent,fov_top_angle_tangent,fov_down_angle_tangent,
  near_z,far_z,width,height
  

Depth Map

• Raw .float32 depth images (1D float per pixel)

To convert raw depth maps into linear or 3D form, refer to the companion project: Meta Quest 3D Reconstruction

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🚀 Installation & Usage

1. Download the APK from GitHub Releases

2. Install with ADB:

   adb install QuestRealityCapture.apk

3. Launch the app on Meta Quest 3 or 3s (firmware v74+ required)

4. When the green instruction panel appears, press the menu button on the left controller to dismiss it and start logging

5. Data will be saved under the session folder as described above

Required permissions (camera/scene access) are requested automatically at runtime.

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🛠 Environment

• Unity 6000.0.30f1
• Meta OpenXR SDK
• Device: Meta Quest 3 or 3s only
• Approx. recording frame rate: ~25 FPS (camera & depth)

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📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

This project uses Meta’s OpenXR SDK — please ensure compliance with its license when redistributing.

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