# OpenXR (Khronos)

- id: src_01M569GCCST2E9EP2N26281G62
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
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- evidence: inspection=metadata_checked, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T19 · tags: xr, standard, khronos, runtime, level:established
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:20:05.003Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569GCCST2E9EP2N26281G62

Source: https://www.khronos.org/openxr

```json
{
  "archived": null,
  "revision": {
    "ref": "1.1",
    "pinned": false
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "Royalty-free open standard API for AR/VR runtimes and applications, now at 1.1; the portable layer between XR engines (Unreal, Unity, Godot, Blender, Omniverse) and headsets from Meta, Valve, Sony, Pico, Android XR and others.",
  "source_type": "documentation",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Khronos Group",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Spec body not read; adopter-fee statement on the page was not explained."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": null
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Page: OpenXR is a royalty-free open standard for XR apps across devices; current spec OpenXR 1.1 consolidates multiple extensions into core. · locator: Landing page intro · source: https://www.khronos.org/openxr
- [sourced_fact] Page lists conformant runtimes (e.g. Meta, Valve SteamVR, Sony, Android XR, Monado) and engines/tools integrating OpenXR (Unreal, Unity, Godot, Blender, Omniverse, WebXR browsers). · locator: Conformant runtimes and engines lists · source: https://www.khronos.org/openxr
- [sourced_fact] SDK repository KhronosGroup/OpenXR-SDK is Apache-2.0, not archived, last push 2026-10-16. · source: https://api.github.com/repos/KhronosGroup/OpenXR-SDK
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- documentation: license=unknown hosting=unknown redistribution=unknown modification=unknown training=unknown · Page says the specification is free to download; specification copyright text was not read (spec HTML too large to fetch). · evidence: https://www.khronos.org/openxr
- code: license=Apache-2.0 hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=permitted training=unknown · OpenXR-SDK loader/headers under Apache-2.0; conformance/trademark program is separate. · evidence: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/OpenXR-SDK/blob/main/LICENSE

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