diff --git a/mode/src/processing/mode/android/AndroidBuild.java b/mode/src/processing/mode/android/AndroidBuild.java
index f363be81..3df97236 100644
--- a/mode/src/processing/mode/android/AndroidBuild.java
+++ b/mode/src/processing/mode/android/AndroidBuild.java
@@ -239,11 +239,15 @@ protected File createProject(boolean external, String password)
 
     // Create the 'src' folder with the preprocessed code.
     srcFolder = new File(tmpFolder, module + "/src/main/java");
-    binFolder = srcFolder; // Needed in the the parent JavaBuild class
+    binFolder = srcFolder; // Needed in the parent JavaBuild class
     if (processing.app.Base.DEBUG) {
       Platform.openFolder(tmpFolder);
     }
 
+    // Create the 'cpp' folder within 'src/main'
+    File cppFolder = new File(srcFolder.getParentFile(), "cpp");
+    cppFolder.mkdirs(); // Create the folder if it doesn't exist
+
     manifest = new Manifest(sketch, appComponent, mode.getFolder(), false);    
     
     // build the preproc and get to work
@@ -262,7 +266,9 @@ protected File createProject(boolean external, String password)
         createAppModule(module);  
       }
     }
-    
+    //check if cpp folders exist:
+    if(cppFolder.exists()) System.out.println("Cpp Directory created successfully.");
+    else  System.out.println("Error while creating Cpp Dir.");
     return tmpFolder;
   }
 
diff --git a/mode/templates/VRBuild.gradle.tmpl b/mode/templates/VRBuild.gradle.tmpl
index 3837b763..886d4dba 100644
--- a/mode/templates/VRBuild.gradle.tmpl
+++ b/mode/templates/VRBuild.gradle.tmpl
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ android {
         targetSdkVersion @@target_sdk@@
         versionCode @@version_code@@
         versionName "@@version_name@@"
+
+        ndk {
+            abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a'
+        }
+        externalNativeBuild.cmake {
+            arguments "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared"
+        }
     }
     compileOptions {
         sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
@@ -43,13 +50,20 @@ android {
     aaptOptions {
         noCompress "tflite"
         noCompress "lite"
-    }    
+    }
+    externalNativeBuild.cmake {
+        path "CMakeLists.txt"
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
     implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
     implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:@@appcompat_version@@'
     implementation project('libs:google-vr')
+    implementation project('libs:sdk')
+    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-vision:20.1.3'
+    implementation 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite:3.19.4'
+    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.6.1'
     implementation files('libs/processing-core.jar')
     implementation files('libs/vr.jar')
     implementation 'com.google.protobuf.nano:protobuf-javanano:3.1.0'
@@ -57,3 +71,28 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.3.0'
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13'
 }
+
+// The dependencies for NDK builds live inside the .aar files so they need to
+// be extracted before NDK targets can link against.
+task extractNdk(type: Copy)  {
+    if (file("${project.rootDir}/mode/libraries/vr/libs/sdk/build/outputs/aar/sdk-release.aar").exists()) {
+        copy {
+            from zipTree("${project.rootDir}/mode/libraries/vr/libs/sdk/build/outputs/aar/sdk-release.aar")
+            into "libraries/"
+            include "jni/**/libGfxPluginCardboard.so"
+        }
+        copy {
+            from "${project.rootDir}/sdk/include/cardboard.h"
+            into "libraries/"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+task deleteNdk(type: Delete) {
+    delete "libraries/jni"
+    delete "libraries/cardboard.h"
+}
+tasks.register("prepareKotlinBuildScriptModel"){}
+
+build.dependsOn(extractNdk)
+clean.dependsOn(deleteNdk)
diff --git a/mode/templates/VRManifest.xml.tmpl b/mode/templates/VRManifest.xml.tmpl
index 0c550cfa..ea0b21f3 100644
--- a/mode/templates/VRManifest.xml.tmpl
+++ b/mode/templates/VRManifest.xml.tmpl
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
     <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.sensor.accelerometer" android:required="true" />
     <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.sensor.gyroscope" android:required="true" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
     <uses-feature android:name="android.software.vr.mode" android:required="false"/>
     <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.vr.high_performance" android:required="false"/>
     <uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00020000" android:required="true" />