C Specification

The xrCreateActionSpace function is defined as:

// Provided by XR_VERSION_1_0
XrResult xrCreateActionSpace(
    XrSession                                   session,
    const XrActionSpaceCreateInfo*              createInfo,
    XrSpace*                                    space);

Parameters

Parameter Descriptions

  • session is the XrSession to create the action space in.

  • createInfo is the XrActionSpaceCreateInfo used to specify the space.

  • space is the returned space handle.

Description

Creates an XrSpace handle based on a chosen pose action. Application can provide an XrPosef to define the position and orientation of the new space’s origin within the natural reference frame of the action space.

Multiple XrSpace handles may exist simultaneously, up to some limit imposed by the runtime. The XrSpace handle must be eventually freed via the xrDestroySpace function or by destroying the parent XrSession handle. See https://registry.khronos.org/OpenXR/specs/1.1/html/xrspec.html#spaces-action-spaces-lifetime for details.

The runtime must return XR_ERROR_ACTION_TYPE_MISMATCH if the action provided in XrActionSpaceCreateInfo::action is not of type XR_ACTION_TYPE_POSE_INPUT.

Valid Usage (Implicit)
Return Codes
On success, this command returns

  • XR_SUCCESS

  • XR_SESSION_LOSS_PENDING

On failure, this command returns

  • XR_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILURE

  • XR_ERROR_RUNTIME_FAILURE

  • XR_ERROR_HANDLE_INVALID

  • XR_ERROR_INSTANCE_LOST

  • XR_ERROR_SESSION_LOST

  • XR_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY

  • XR_ERROR_LIMIT_REACHED

  • XR_ERROR_POSE_INVALID

  • XR_ERROR_PATH_UNSUPPORTED

  • XR_ERROR_PATH_INVALID

  • XR_ERROR_ACTION_TYPE_MISMATCH

See Also

XR_VERSION_1_0, XrActionSpaceCreateInfo, XrSession, XrSpace, xrDestroySpace

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.

Copyright

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