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shubacurry
Participant
July 12, 2025

Disabling Physical Space Features - do Spatial Anchors still work?

  • July 12, 2025
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I'm trying to have a truly boundaryless mixed reality app for a research project; so I've disabled Physical Space Features, it works as expected however I need Spatial Anchors especially for the large environment I'm in. 
I have not seen any definitive documentation online regarding Spatial Anchors working or not working when Physical Space Features is disabled - logically it sounds like they would be but in practice I notice the headset still does use some physical space features like floor level regardless of the option toggled on/off so its possible Spatial Anchors might still be working. 

Has anyone found a definitive answer on this? Thank you!

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htaylor
htaylor
Community Manager
July 15, 2025

Hey!

That's an interesting question - to the best of my knowledge, turning off Physical Space Features would have the potential to turn off Spatial Anchors as there would not be physical space data for the Spatial Anchor to latch onto.

You may have already tried this, but based on the information you've provided here, it seems like Boundaryless might be a happy medium since it disables the boundary without disabling Physical Space Features while still letting you use Spatial Anchors.

Let me know if this points you in the right direction or if you need more support! 
-H

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