Spatial API Security & Privacy
A threat-modeling guide for spatial systems that handle precise location, camera imagery, room maps, anchors, 3D assets, and device or agent credentials.
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Spatial Systems Journal
Architecture, standards context, integration patterns, and privacy guidance for teams building spatial systems across AI, maps, immersive runtimes, devices, and 3D engines.
Every article is complete, independently written for SpatialAPI.xyz, and paired with one authoritative editorial source. Browse by category or start with the newest field note.
Streaming 3D Worlds
How to deliver city-scale and world-scale 3D content using hierarchical tiles, glTF assets, metadata, level of detail, caching, and queryable spatial services.
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Unreal + OpenXR Architecture
A portable architecture for Unreal XR projects that separates OpenXR runtime concerns, Unreal actors, spatial backend state, coordinate conversion, and extensions.
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Unity XR Integration Patterns
How to connect a spatial backend to Unity XR without coupling network models to GameObjects, including adapters, interactors, anchors, async state, and testing.
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visionOS Spatial Architecture
A platform-neutral architecture for visionOS spatial apps, covering presentation modes, RealityKit entities, anchors, scene state, input, shared data, and graceful immersion.
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ARCore Geospatial API Design
Architecture patterns for global-scale AR: localization states, anchors, altitude, heading, fallback UX, content delivery, privacy, and testing in the real world.
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Building a Geospatial API
A practical guide to designing map and GPS endpoints with GeoJSON, coordinate order, bounding boxes, pagination, precision, indexing, and safe spatial queries.
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WebXR vs OpenXR
A practical comparison of WebXR and OpenXR, including runtime boundaries, portability, deployment, input, reference spaces, and where a product-specific spatial API belongs.
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AI Spatial APIs for LLM Workflows
How to turn images, detections, depth, maps, and scene graphs into reliable tools that language models and agents can use without inventing geometry.
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What Is a Spatial API?
A practical definition of spatial APIs, including coordinate frames, scene graphs, geometry, time, uncertainty, and the contracts that connect maps, XR, robotics, and AI.
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