Yeah, this is correct! StereoKit is an XR App specific engine, which allows it to make API and architectural decisions that are very different from those a general purpose game engine would make. It's a completely separate alternative to Unity or Unreal.
MRTK for Unity benefits from the support of having the entire feature set of Unity with it, but it also comes with the complexity and knowledge requirements of a complex game engine. Game developers may like this a lot, but it is a lot to take in these days, and is way overkill for many applications.
StereoKit benefits from a simpler XR focused feature set, app focused design, and better integration with the normal C# ecosystem. It's basically just a Nuget package, so it's much more familiar to developers that come from a normal C# background, and can benefit from other libraries on Nuget! There's a lot of other details here too, I've done some pretty detailed talks that get into the weeds of the subject, should be able to find a handful on YouTube :)
jayd16|3 years ago
koujaku|3 years ago
MRTK for Unity benefits from the support of having the entire feature set of Unity with it, but it also comes with the complexity and knowledge requirements of a complex game engine. Game developers may like this a lot, but it is a lot to take in these days, and is way overkill for many applications.
StereoKit benefits from a simpler XR focused feature set, app focused design, and better integration with the normal C# ecosystem. It's basically just a Nuget package, so it's much more familiar to developers that come from a normal C# background, and can benefit from other libraries on Nuget! There's a lot of other details here too, I've done some pretty detailed talks that get into the weeds of the subject, should be able to find a handful on YouTube :)