C Specification

A XrHandMeshIndexBufferMSFT structure includes an array of indices describing the triangle list of a hand mesh.

// Provided by XR_MSFT_hand_tracking_mesh
typedef struct XrHandMeshIndexBufferMSFT {
    uint32_t     indexBufferKey;
    uint32_t     indexCapacityInput;
    uint32_t     indexCountOutput;
    uint32_t*    indices;
} XrHandMeshIndexBufferMSFT;

Members

Member Descriptions
  • indexBufferKey is a uint32_t serving as the key of the returned index buffer content or 0 to indicate a request to retrieve the latest indices regardless of existing content in indices.

  • indexCapacityInput is a positive uint32_t describes the capacity of the indices array.

  • indexCountOutput is a uint32_t returned by the runtime with the count of indices written in indices.

  • indices is an array of indices filled in by the runtime, specifying the indices of the triangles list in the vertex buffer.

Description

An application should preallocate the indices array using the XrSystemHandTrackingMeshPropertiesMSFT::maxHandMeshIndexCount returned from xrGetSystemProperties. In this way, the application can avoid possible insufficient buffer sizees for each query, and therefore avoid reallocating memory each frame.

The input indexCapacityInput must not be 0, and indices must not be NULL, or else the runtime must return XR_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILURE on calls to the xrUpdateHandMeshMSFT function.

If the input indexCapacityInput is not sufficient to contain all output indices, the runtime must return XR_ERROR_SIZE_INSUFFICIENT on calls to xrUpdateHandMeshMSFT, not change the content in indexBufferKey and indices, and return 0 for indexCountOutput.

If the input indexCapacityInput is equal to or larger than the XrSystemHandTrackingMeshPropertiesMSFT::maxHandMeshIndexCount returned from xrGetSystemProperties, the runtime must not return XR_ERROR_SIZE_INSUFFICIENT error on xrUpdateHandMeshMSFT because of insufficient index buffer size.

If the input indexBufferKey is 0, the capacity of indices array is sufficient, and hand mesh tracking is active, the runtime must return the latest non-zero indexBufferKey, and fill in indexCountOutput and indices.

If the input indexBufferKey is not 0, the runtime can either return without changing indexCountOutput or content in indices, and return XR_FALSE for XrHandMeshMSFT::indexBufferChanged indicating the indices are not changed; or return a new non-zero indexBufferKey and fill in latest data in indexCountOutput and indices, and return XR_TRUE for XrHandMeshMSFT::indexBufferChanged indicating the indices are updated to a newer version.

An application can keep the XrHandMeshIndexBufferMSFT structure for each frame in a frame loop and use the returned indexBufferKey to identify different triangle list topology described in indices. The application can therefore avoid unnecessary processing of indices, such as coping them to GPU memory.

The runtime must return the same indexBufferKey for the same XrHandTrackerEXT at a given time, regardless of the input XrHandPoseTypeMSFT in XrHandMeshUpdateInfoMSFT. This ensures the index buffer has the same mesh topology and allows the application to reason about vertices across different hand pose types. For example, the application can build a procedure to perform UV mapping on vertices of a hand mesh using XR_HAND_POSE_TYPE_REFERENCE_OPEN_PALM_MSFT, and apply the resultant UV data on vertices to the mesh returned from the same hand tracker using XR_HAND_POSE_TYPE_TRACKED_MSFT.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

See Also

Document Notes

For more information, see the OpenXR Specification

This page is extracted from the OpenXR Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

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