AR Hit Testing: From a Screen Tap to Stable Object Placement
Turn geometric candidates into an understandable placement flow with previews, confirmation, adjustment, and recovery.
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Ten in-depth guides for people building with spatial 3D APIs, VR, AR, spatial AI, and game assets. Follow a topic, choose a practical question, and turn the answer into a small test.
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10 GUIDES / SORTED BY PUBLICATION
OpenXR vs WebXR: Choose the Right Layer for Your Spatial App
Compare distribution, required features, rendering choices, and maintenance before choosing an XR application architecture.
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Build a WebXR VR Starter That Completes the Whole Journey
Plan browser support, deliberate session entry, clear interactions, recovery, and a useful non-immersive experience.
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Depth and Occlusion: Make Virtual Objects Belong in the Real World
Use depth evidence thoughtfully, test visual boundaries, and preserve useful interactions when information is missing.
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Spatial 3D APIs: A Practical Guide to Scenes, Spaces, and Data
Build clearer 3D data contracts with named coordinate spaces, durable object identities, and a testable scene-loading workflow.
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Spatial AI APIs: Scene Understanding Without False Certainty
Design scene-understanding features that preserve context, confidence, and the distinction between inference and fact.
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Accessible XR: Design Beyond the Default Headset User
Make spatial tasks work through more than one input, viewpoint, or sensory channel, from session entry to exit.
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glTF vs GLB: Prepare 3D Models for Reliable Spatial Delivery
Check packaging, scale, pivots, materials, dependencies, and the first useful interaction before publishing a 3D model.
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Spatial Game Assets: Build a Pipeline That Survives Real Devices
Create a repeatable content handoff with asset budgets, import checks, quality variants, release manifests, and rollback.
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Spatial Anchors: Keep AR Content Attached to the Right Place
Separate object identity from tracking resources and design reliable attachment, repositioning, and cleanup behavior.
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