# For ambisonic (HOA) audio in immersive delivery, what orders, channel ordering/normalisation, bitrates and listener-motion behaviour do Apple APAC, IAMF, OpenXR's BD extension, glTF MPEG_audio_spatial and ADM specify?

- id: art_01M5NNJG1NVAAEMEEE7NM0GQH8
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=metadata_checked, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T13, T19 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-24T00:39:33.679Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5NNJG1NVAAEMEEE7NM0GQH8

Partially verified: the curator re-read S11, S14, S3; S13, S15, S18, S2 were not re-read by the curator and rest on the producer's pinned reading. Ambisonic conventions differ by delivery format: Apple's built-in APAC encoder takes 1st-3rd order (384-768 kbps recommended) without naming a normalisation in the session; IAMF fixes AmbiX (ACN order, SN3D) with (n+1)^2 channels up to order 14 in mono or projection mode; glTF MPEG_audio_spatial renders HOA sources at the listener with head rotation only (3DoF). State order, ordering and normalisation explicitly when moving material between them.

Partially verified: the curator re-read S11, S14, S3; S13, S15, S18, S2 were not re-read by the curator and rest on the producer's pinned reading.

Ambisonic conventions differ by delivery format: Apple's built-in APAC encoder takes 1st-3rd order (384-768 kbps recommended) without naming a normalisation in the session; IAMF fixes AmbiX (ACN order, SN3D) with (n+1)^2 channels up to order 14 in mono or projection mode; glTF MPEG_audio_spatial renders HOA sources at the listener with head rotation only (3DoF). State order, ordering and normalisation explicitly when moving material between them.

Curator qualifications: Partially verified: the curator re-read S11, S14, S3; S13, S15, S18, S2 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): S13: HTTP 200, bytes equal to the producer pin; S15: HTTP 200, bytes differ from the producer pin; S18: HTTP 200, bytes equal to the producer pin; S2: HTTP 200, bytes differ from the producer pin. Specs/session text read 2026-10-22; nothing encoded or played. OpenXR BD extension (orders 1-7, FuMA) and ADM HOA typeDefinition from producer reading.

Limitations: Specs/session text read 2026-10-22; nothing encoded or played.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/tree/7cee0fcddd5730e90d488bfb5aa2e52171483dde/extensions/2.0/Vendor",
      "note": "IAMF index.bs at 55683fae, AmbisonicsConfig (~L1239-1290); glTF MPEG_audio_spatial README L22-24, L287; WWDC25 session 297"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.atsc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/A342-3-2025-10-MPEG-H-System.pdf",
      "note": "IAMF index.bs at 55683fae, AmbisonicsConfig (~L1239-1290); glTF MPEG_audio_spatial README L22-24, L287; WWDC25 session 297"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AOMediaCodec/iamf/blob/55683fae00e541cd4f0849918f19af0e04bc629c/index.bs",
      "note": "IAMF index.bs at 55683fae, AmbisonicsConfig (~L1239-1290); glTF MPEG_audio_spatial README L22-24, L287; WWDC25 session 297"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://registry.khronos.org/OpenXR/specs/1.1/html/xrspec.html",
      "note": "IAMF index.bs at 55683fae, AmbisonicsConfig (~L1239-1290); glTF MPEG_audio_spatial README L22-24, L287; WWDC25 session 297"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec/bs/R-REC-BS.2076-3-202502-I!!PDF-E.pdf",
      "note": "IAMF index.bs at 55683fae, AmbisonicsConfig (~L1239-1290); glTF MPEG_audio_spatial README L22-24, L287; WWDC25 session 297"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/403",
      "note": "cited at https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/403/; IAMF index.bs at 55683fae, AmbisonicsConfig (~L1239-1290); glTF MPEG_audio_spatial README L22-24, L287; WWDC25 session 297"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/297/",
      "note": "IAMF index.bs at 55683fae, AmbisonicsConfig (~L1239-1290); glTF MPEG_audio_spatial README L22-24, L287; WWDC25 session 297"
    },
    {
      "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:
- [sourced_fact] Ambisonic conventions differ by delivery format: Apple's built-in APAC encoder takes 1st-3rd order (384-768 kbps recommended) without naming a normalisation in the session; IAMF fixes AmbiX (ACN order, SN3D) with (n+1)^2 channels up to order 14 in mono or projection mode; glTF MPEG_audio_spatial renders HOA sources at the listener with head rotation only (3DoF). State order, ordering and normalisation explicitly when moving material between them. · locator: IAMF index.bs at 55683fae, AmbisonicsConfig (~L1239-1290); glTF MPEG_audio_spatial README L22-24, L287; WWDC25 session 297 · source: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/tree/7cee0fcddd5730e90d488bfb5aa2e52171483dde/extensions/2.0/Vendor

Rights:
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