Azure Spatial Anchors is a managed cloud service and platform that enables multi-user, spatially aware mixed reality (MR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences across HoloLens, iOS and Android devices. See the documentation to learn more about Azure Spatial Anchors: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/spatial-anchors/overview
Questions tagged [azure-spatial-anchors]
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Difference between Google Cloud Anchor and Microsoft Azure Spatial Anchor
I was looking at the documentation for uploading anchors and at first I started looking at Microsoft Azure Spatial Anchors. Then I came across the Google Cloud Anchor. I couldn't find any documentation mentioning the pros and cons of both libraries.…

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Unity3D: Only a Cube appears while trying to spectate through Hololens
I am using Azure Spatial anchors as my Spatial Alignment Strategy.
Please let me know if I did anything wrong
So, if user side Hololens views a hologram, I want the same hologram to be viewed by the Spectator as well.
I have a main scene where I…

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Is it possible to store spatial anchors longer than 24h?
I tried out the sample project from Azure Spatial Anchors for android and everything worked. I can add an anchor from one smartphone and locate it from another smartphone. The problem is that I cannot locate the anchor after approximately 24h.
I…

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Recognizing a moving object with Azure Spatial Anchors
Can (or will) Azure Spatial Anchors assist in Object Recognition? The service already stores a point cloud of a scanned area and later recognizes it - couldn't it also store the point cloud of a moving object and later assist in recognizing that…

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Cloud Spatial Exception : Azure Spatial Anchor
I wanted to work on Azure Spatial Anchor. I am following the Quickstart: Create a Unity Android app with Azure Spatial Anchors.
I have built the Android app successfully and installed it.
Now, while trying to save the anchor to the cloud it is…

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HOW do Unity World Anchors work on the HoloLens?
I'm currently building a HoloLens application and have a feature in-mind that requires holograms to be dynamically created, placed, and to persist between sessions. Those holograms don't need to be shared between devices.
I've had a nightmare trying…

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More information for Not Enough Spatial Data problem
After many attempts to make a version of SpectatorView functional using UNet, I was able to successfully communicate between client / server using Azure Spatial Anchor to share anchor information. Many errors have occurred, including an unknown…

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Unity3D: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: obj : Microsoft.MixedReality.SpatialAlignment.SpatialAnchorsCoordinateService.RequestSessionStart ()
I am trying to use Spectator View in Unity3D and Hololens. So, I am using another Hololens as the Spectator.
I followed these steps https://github.com/microsoft/MixedReality-SpectatorView#basic-unity-setup, but it didn't work with my HoloLens (Not…

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Running into issues trying to locate previously saved Azure Spatial Anchors on iOS
Trying to load previously saved Azure Spatial Anchors into an iOS app for use with indoor wayfinding. Have tried various approaches, including specifying the identifiers needed in the ASAAnchorLocateCriteria used to create the watcher. Anchors…

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The best practice to link Azure spatial anchors for achieving accurate anchor map
In our project(Android mainly), we need to place many anchors in a large building (only 1 floor), the position of the anchors must be as accurate as possible (which means drifting is something we must avoid or reduce as much as possible!!). We would…

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Which devices does Azure Spatial Anchors support?
Which devices does Azure Spatial Anchors support?
I would like to use Azure Spatial Anchors to support my mixed reality environment.

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Unity- Azure Spatial Anchors - Cosmos DB - How can to add extra JSON Column to the database
So I need an extra column called Totems which is just a string or JSON. I made this column in the data editor in the Azure Cosmos DB but I still need to fix this in the code and create a GET/POST for Totem. I found this file called TableEntity as…

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Use azure spatial anchor to position your layout in Unity-Hololens
I am trying to find a way to position my layout when I am detecting a spatial anchor in my Unity-Hololens application. I am currently running quickstarts > MRTK. The app is detecting my uploaded anchor. How can I position the other objects in my…
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Getting Started Tutorial for the ASA 2.9.0 package
I am using Unity 2020.3 with the XR-Plugin and therefore use the ASA 2.9.0 package. Is there a "getting started tutorial" for this? Where can I find proper instruction on how to use it? I know it exists for the ASA 2.7.0, but the packages for that…

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error CS0234: The type or namespace name 'WorldAnchor' does not exist in the namespace 'UnityEngine.XR.WSA' (are you missing an assembly reference?)
I used remote rendering model and add it to my project but i got a lot of errors. And now these 2 errors stay and I cannot find a solution.
When I made a new project only to test the remote rendering it works fine but when I add it to my project,…

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