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Which spatial-audio formats and APIs do public XR and immersive-delivery documents actually define (Apple ASAF/APAC, IAMF, MPEG-H, glTF MPEG_audio_spatial, OpenXR, WebXR, Web Audio), and where is there nothing to read?

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Partially verified: the curator re-read S2; S11, S13, S14, S15, S16, S17 were not re-read by the curator and rest on the producer's pinned reading. Spatial audio is defined at different layers: Apple uses ASAF for production and the APAC codec for delivery (APAC required for Apple Immersive Video); AOMedia's IAMF is an open model and container for channel, ambisonic and object audio with binaural rendering signals; WebXR defines no audio of its own (web apps rely on Web Audio). No single open format spans production, delivery and XR playback in the documents read. Curator qualifications: Partially verified: the curator re-read S2; S11, S13, S14, S15, S16, S17 were not re-read by the curator and rest on the producer's pinned reading. Curator GET 2026-10-23 of the sources not re-read (mechanical source evidence, not semantic verification): S11: HTTP 200, bytes differ from the producer pin; S13: HTTP 200, bytes equal to the producer pin; S14: HTTP 200, bytes differ from the producer pin; S15: HTTP 200, bytes differ from the producer pin; S16: HTTP 200, bytes equal to the producer pin; S17: HTTP 200, bytes equal to the producer pin. Documents read 2026-10-22; nothing encoded or played. ATSC A/342-3 MPEG-H, glTF MPEG_audio_spatial, OpenXR BD extension and Web Audio PannerNode statements from producer reading. Limitations: Documents read 2026-10-22; nothing encoded or played. Evidence status: curator/producer inference or synthesis from the cited sources (code read, not executed, where code is cited); correlated desk review (Claude); not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/tree/7cee0fcddd5730e90d488bfb5aa2e52171483dde/extensions/2.0/Vendor",
      "note": "Apple WWDC25 session 403 transcript (ASAF/APAC passage); AOMedia IAMF index.bs at 55683fae (abstract and headphone rendering fields); W3C WebXR Device API CRD 9 June 2026 (whole text)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.atsc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/A342-3-2025-10-MPEG-H-System.pdf",
      "note": "Apple WWDC25 session 403 transcript (ASAF/APAC passage); AOMedia IAMF index.bs at 55683fae (abstract and headphone rendering fields); W3C WebXR Device API CRD 9 June 2026 (whole text)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AOMediaCodec/iamf/blob/55683fae00e541cd4f0849918f19af0e04bc629c/index.bs",
      "note": "Apple WWDC25 session 403 transcript (ASAF/APAC passage); AOMedia IAMF index.bs at 55683fae (abstract and headphone rendering fields); W3C WebXR Device API CRD 9 June 2026 (whole text)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://registry.khronos.org/OpenXR/specs/1.1/html/xrspec.html",
      "note": "Apple WWDC25 session 403 transcript (ASAF/APAC passage); AOMedia IAMF index.bs at 55683fae (abstract and headphone rendering fields); W3C WebXR Device API CRD 9 June 2026 (whole text)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.w3.org/TR/webxr",
      "note": "cited at https://www.w3.org/TR/webxr/; Apple WWDC25 session 403 transcript (ASAF/APAC passage); AOMedia IAMF index.bs at 55683fae (abstract and headphone rendering fields); W3C WebXR Device API CRD 9 June 2026 (whole text)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.w3.org/TR/webaudio-1.1/",
      "note": "Apple WWDC25 session 403 transcript (ASAF/APAC passage); AOMedia IAMF index.bs at 55683fae (abstract and headphone rendering fields); W3C WebXR Device API CRD 9 June 2026 (whole text)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/403",
      "note": "cited at https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/403/; Apple WWDC25 session 403 transcript (ASAF/APAC passage); AOMedia IAMF index.bs at 55683fae (abstract and headphone rendering fields); W3C WebXR Device API CRD 9 June 2026 (whole text)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.w3.org/TR/webxr/",
      "note": "observed URL (dated/alias form of the cited catalogue source; canonical identity retained)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/403/",
      "note": "observed URL (dated/alias form of the cited catalogue source; canonical identity retained)"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[inference] Spatial audio is defined at different layers: Apple uses ASAF for production and the APAC codec for delivery (APAC required for Apple Immersive Video); AOMedia's IAMF is an open model and container for channel, ambisonic and object audio with binaural rendering signals; WebXR defines no audio of its own (web apps rely on Web Audio). No single open format spans production, delivery and XR playback in the documents read. · locator: Apple WWDC25 session 403 transcript (ASAF/APAC passage); AOMedia IAMF index.bs at 55683fae (abstract and headphone rendering fields); W3C WebXR Device API CRD 9 June 2026 (whole text) source

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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