Quest-XSA: Thermal and UV Sensory Augmentation for Meta Quest

Quest-XSA proposes a sensory augmentation system for Meta Quest 3 that would allow external long-wave infrared (thermal) and ultraviolet imaging sensors to provide additional visual information within a mixed-reality environment.

The research examines the hardware and software architecture required to connect external sensors to a standalone Meta Quest headset. It describes candidate thermal and ultraviolet imaging components, mounting arrangements, USB connectivity, Android device access, Unity integration, image processing, spatial registration, and user interaction.

The proposed system follows five stages: sensor acquisition, device communication, native and managed software integration, image processing and spatial registration, and presentation within the headset.

The report consolidates the project's engineering design, architecture diagrams, hardware considerations, illustrative software logic, and proposed implementation procedures. It also identifies the compatibility, synchronization, calibration, power, and performance requirements that would need to be verified in a working prototype.

Earlier augmented-reality systems have demonstrated thermal and ultraviolet imaging. Quest-XSA focuses specifically on the proposed adaptation of these technologies to Meta Quest hardware and software.

The work is a technical research and design study. It does not claim a completed, experimentally validated headset prototype or measured system performance. Its contribution is a documented engineering approach that developers and researchers can evaluate, reproduce in future implementations, and extend through hardware and software testing.