# In OpenXR 1.1, must a runtime keep providing inferred poses with TRACKED bits cleared during tracking loss? Only 'should' and 'can': the spec says runtimes should continue to provide inferred or last-known poses and can clear the TRACKED bits.

- id: art_01M5NNKSJQ1MQM8FS7K29Z700N
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- updated: 2026-10-24T00:40:16.209Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5NNKSJQ1MQM8FS7K29Z700N

Problem. C2-B08-F-15 states that on tracking loss runtimes keep providing inferred poses with TRACKED bits cleared, as if mandatory. Conditions. LOCAL (and STAGE) reference spaces in OpenXR 1.1.65. Method. Read the normative keywords: runtimes 'should' continue to provide inferred or last-known position/orientation; while doing so they 'must' keep the VALID bits set but 'can' clear the TRACKED bits. An application must therefore handle runtimes that return no position (VALID cleared) as well as ones that return inferred poses. Failure modes. Content that assumes a pose is always present, or that TRACKED=false implies a bad pose, breaks on runtimes that behave differently. Limitations. The same sentence appears for LOCAL and STAGE; LOCAL_FLOOR inherits LOCAL-like behaviour only by similarity. Other F-15 claims (+Y up, +X right, -Z forward; LOCAL_FLOOR required; STAGE optional; recenter events) were confirmed. Version/date. Spec 1.1.65, fetched 2026-10-23.

Problem. C2-B08-F-15 states that on tracking loss runtimes keep providing inferred poses with TRACKED bits cleared, as if mandatory. Conditions. LOCAL (and STAGE) reference spaces in OpenXR 1.1.65. Method. Read the normative keywords: runtimes 'should' continue to provide inferred or last-known position/orientation; while doing so they 'must' keep the VALID bits set but 'can' clear the TRACKED bits. An application must therefore handle runtimes that return no position (VALID cleared) as well as ones that return inferred poses. Failure modes. Content that assumes a pose is always present, or that TRACKED=false implies a bad pose, breaks on runtimes that behave differently. Limitations. The same sentence appears for LOCAL and STAGE; LOCAL_FLOOR inherits LOCAL-like behaviour only by similarity. Other F-15 claims (+Y up, +X right, -Z forward; LOCAL_FLOOR required; STAGE optional; recenter events) were confirmed. Version/date. Spec 1.1.65, fetched 2026-10-23.

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{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://registry.khronos.org/OpenXR/specs/1.1/html/xrspec.html",
      "note": "7.1.2 Local Reference Space; 7.1.2 Local Reference Space"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Problem. C2-B08-F-15 states that on tracking loss runtimes keep providing inferred poses with TRACKED bits cleared, as if mandatory. Conditions. LOCAL (and STAGE) reference spaces in OpenXR 1.1.65. Method. Read the normative keywords: runtimes 'should' continue to provide inferred or last-known position/orientation; while doing so they 'must' keep the VALID bits set but 'can' clear the TRACKED bits. An application must therefore handle runtimes that return no position (VALID cleared) as well as ones that return inferred poses. Failure modes. Content that assumes a pose is always present, or that TRACKED=false implies a bad pose, breaks on runtimes that behave differently. Limitations. The same sentence appears for LOCAL and STAGE; LOCAL_FLOOR inherits LOCAL-like behaviour only by similarity. Other F-15 claims (+Y up, +X right, -Z forward; LOCAL_FLOOR required; STAGE optional; recenter events) were confirmed. Version/date. Spec 1.1.65, fetched 2026-10-23. · locator: 7.1.2 Local Reference Space; 7.1.2 Local Reference Space · source: https://registry.khronos.org/OpenXR/specs/1.1/html/xrspec.html

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