XrActionSet(3) Manual Page

Action sets are application-defined collections of actions. They are attached to a given XrSession with a xrAttachSessionActionSets call. Enabled action sets are indicated by the application via xrSyncActions depending on the current application context.

For example, consider using one collection of actions that apply to controlling a character and another collection for navigating a menu system. When these actions are structured as two XrActionSet handles, the applicable action set is easy to specify according to application logic using a single function call.

Further, suppose some actions only apply when operating a vehicle as a character. This is intended to be modeled as another separate action set. While the user is operating a vehicle, the application enables both the character-control and vehicle action sets simultaneously in each xrSyncActions call.

Actions are passed a handle to their XrActionSet when they are created.

Action sets are created by calling xrCreateActionSet.

XR_DEFINE_HANDLE, XrActiveActionSet, XrActiveActionSetPriorityEXT, XrInteractionProfileDpadBindingEXT, XrSessionActionSetsAttachInfo, xrCreateAction, xrCreateActionSet, xrDestroyActionSet

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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