OpenXR Specification 1.1.36

OpenXR Specification 1.1.36 (2024-04-15)

This is a substantial update to the OpenXR specification.

• Major Update
  • New ratified core OpenXR 1.1 specification.
    (internal MR 3053,
    internal MR 3046,
    internal MR 3187,
    internal MR 3199)
  • New ratified Khronos extension specification: XR_KHR_locate_spaces. Promoted
    to core OpenXR 1.1.
    (internal MR 2272,
    internal issue 1706,
    internal MR 3178,
    internal MR 3196,
    internal MR 3300)
  • New ratified Khronos extension specification: XR_KHR_maintenance1. Promoted
    to core OpenXR 1.1.
    (internal MR 3053,
    internal MR 3046,
    internal MR 3187,
    internal MR 3199)
  • Fundamentals chapter: Add assorted structures and values to core OpenXR 1.1.
    Some are versions of structures from existing extensions.
    (internal MR 3046,
    internal MR 3061)
  • Fundamentals chapter: Promote XR_EXT_uuid to core OpenXR 1.1.
    (internal MR 3046)
  • Fundamentals chapter: Rename "Common Object Types" section to "Common Data
    Types" and clarify its introduction.
    (internal MR 3062)
  • Fundamentals chapter: Clarify XrDuration (and related constant)
    specification.
    (internal MR 3062)
  • Fundamentals chapter: Clarify and expand the "buffer size" section about the
    two-call idiom.
    (internal MR 3062)
  • Fundamentals chapter: Improve documentation for convenience macros acting on
    XrResult, and clarify text about common return code name suffixes.
    (internal MR 3062)
  • Fundamentals chapter: Clarify and expand documentation of "offsets" and
    "extents".
    (internal MR 3062)
  • Fundamentals chapter: Clarify description of extension list.
    (internal MR 3062)
  • Fundamentals chapter: Miscellaneous minor cleanup, clarification, and normative
    language fixes.
    (internal MR 3062,
    internal MR 3062,
    internal MR 3210)
  • Fundamentals chapter: Clarify the section on events and event polling.
    (internal MR 3062,
    internal MR 3163,
    internal MR 3276)
  • Semantic Paths chapter: Promote the "grip_surface" pose identifier to core
    OpenXR 1.1, renamed from XR_EXT_palm_pose.
    (internal MR 3050,
    internal MR 3303)
  • Semantic Paths chapter: Promote many interaction profiles from extensions to
    core OpenXR 1.1.
    (internal MR 3051,
    internal MR 3127,
    internal MR 3265,
    internal MR 3279,
    internal MR 3294)
  • Semantic Paths chapter: Add several legacy interaction profiles to represent
    specific controllers shipped under the Oculus/Meta Touch name and previously
    grouped into a single Oculus Touch interaction profile.
    (internal MR 3127,
    internal MR 3299)
  • Spaces chapter: Promote a refined version of XR_EXT_local_floor to core
    OpenXR 1.1.
    (internal MR 3048,
    internal MR 3074,
    internal MR 3134,
    internal MR 3155,
    internal MR 3156,
    internal MR 3157,
    internal MR 3171,
    internal MR 3172,
    internal MR 3175)
  • Spaces chapter: General improvements to the Spaces chapter.
    (internal MR 3169,
    internal MR 3189)
  • View Configurations chapter: Promote
    XR_VIEW_CONFIGURATION_TYPE_PRIMARY_STEREO_WITH_FOVEATED_INSET to core OpenXR
    1.1, renamed and refined from XR_VARJO_quad_views.
    (internal MR 3049,
    internal MR 3173)
  • Rendering chapter: Formally deprecate
    XR_COMPOSITION_LAYER_CORRECT_CHROMATIC_ABERRATION_BIT, previously noted to
    have no effect on any known runtimes and as planned for deprecation.
    (internal MR 3096)
  • Input chapter: Re-organize and clarify the Input chapter.
    (internal MR 3179,
    internal MR 3183,
    internal MR 3185,
    internal MR 3205,
    internal MR 3207)
  • Core Revisions chapter: Add new informative (non-normative) chapter detailing
    substantial core revisions, summarize changes in OpenXR 1.1 core, and
    differences between extensions and the functionality promoted to core.
    (internal MR 3199,
    internal MR 3280)
  • Appendix: Update Contributors section.
    (internal MR 3111)
  • Tooling: Update scripts for 1.1, handling extension promotion, and partially
    synchronize shared scripts with Vulkan.
    (internal MR 3056,
    internal MR 3139,
    internal MR 3188,
    internal MR 3190,
    internal MR 3219,
    internal MR 3226,
    internal MR 3262,
    internal MR 3263,
    internal MR 3260,
    internal MR 3266,
    internal MR 3295)
• Registry
  • New ratified OpenXR version: XR_VERSION_1_1 - OpenXR 1.1.
    (internal MR 3053)
  • New ratified Khronos extension: XR_KHR_locate_spaces
    (internal MR 2272,
    internal issue 1706)
  • New ratified Khronos extension: XR_KHR_maintenance1
    (internal MR 3053)
  • New multi-vendor extension: XR_EXT_future
    (internal MR 2610)
  • New vendor extension: XR_META_environment_depth
    (internal MR 2771,
    internal MR 3271)
  • Update the XML schema to change how dependencies are described (replacing
    requiresCore and requires attributes of extension, and feature and
    extension attributes of require, with a new depends attribute.). This is
    a breaking change of the XML schema, though in an infrequently processed
    attribute. This corresponds to the change made in Vulkan 1.3.241.
    (internal MR 3260)
  • Mark XR_OCULUS_android_session_state_enable as deprecated.
    (internal MR 3255)
• Specification
  • New multi-vendor extension specification: XR_EXT_future
    (internal MR 2610)
  • New vendor extension specification: XR_META_environment_depth
    (internal MR 2771,
    internal MR 3271)
  • Fix: Small clarification on post-conditions for loader negotiation functions.
    (internal MR 2117)
  • Fix: Correct broken QR code specification link in extension ref page.
    (internal MR 3308)
  • Fix: Adjust markup of non-normative note admonition blocks.
    (internal MR 3315)
  • Fix: Adjust Makefile so builds that do not emit any errors during ref page
    generation do not fail when looking for those errors.
    (internal MR 3226)
  • Improvement: Switch code highlighter to "rouge", use customized Khronos
    stylesheet for both main spec and ref pages for consistent style and improved
    accessibility.
    (internal MR 3309)
  • Improvement: Replace JavaScript in main specification source with build-time
    postprocessing.
    (internal MR 3309)
  • Improvement: Make reference pages use shared external CSS for faster load
    times.
    (internal MR 3309)
  • Improvement: Update the internal anchors in the specification to a standardized format.
    (internal MR 3315)
  • Improvement: Specification build system cleanup, silence warnings that are not
    relevant.
    (internal MR 3308)
  • Loader design: Allow checking multiple records from the broker, all
    corresponding to the same runtime, for compatibility purposes.
    (internal MR 3269,
    internal issue 2226)
  • New multi-vendor extension specification: XR_EXT_future
    (internal MR 2610)
  • New vendor extension specification: XR_META_environment_depth
    (internal MR 2771,
    internal MR 3271)
  • XR_FB_face_tracking2: Correct the number of blend shapes mentioned in the
    prose.
    (internal MR 3277)