Head pose tracks without entering a VR session (Safari for Vision Pro)
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Description
Load example accept permissions prompt and will see camera tracking the headset orientation without even entering a VR session. I have not debugged yet but headset / device pose might be exposed via device motion / device orientation APIs? Meta Browser on Quest doesn't behave this way
https://github.com/aframevr/aframe/assets/39342/6d300c92-0bd3-48a3-99e0-71a6bd709b2b
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the linked hand-tracking example in Safari on Vision Pro, accepting the permissions prompt and checking whether headset orientation is tracked before a VR session starts. Compare this with Meta Browser on Quest and inspect the WebXR and device-motion handling; done means preventing unintended pose tracking before session entry without breaking tracking inside a session.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- ar-vr-xr
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100