OpenXR Deep Dive: From Runtime Architecture to Spatial Computing

OpenXR is the foundation for cross-platform XR, but real interoperability requires more than targeting a single API. As XR platforms diversify, developers are seeing that conformance, runtime behavior, and extension support all shape actual portability. OpenXR continues to evolve to address these challenges.

This session explores the latest OpenXR developments shaping cross-platform XR in practice. We begin with the emerging spatial entities framework, including anchors, planes, markers, and persistence, enabling applications to understand and interact with shared spatial context across sessions and devices. These capabilities move OpenXR beyond hardware abstraction toward a common spatial layer for mixed reality.