Azure Spatial Anchors
An Azure service that is used to build immersive three-dimensional applications and experiences that map, persist, and restore content or points of interest at real-world scale.
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Getting started with Azure Spatial Anchors: CreateAzureAnchor() crash or taking a long time to load
I have been following this tutorial: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/develop/unity/tutorials/mr-learning-asa-02 there were some necessary configurations and steps not included in the tutorial like: * it needed an…
asked 2021-04-30T11:24:53.203+00:00
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Rhylvin Dale Tinador
111
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commented 2021-11-17T16:12:42.763+00:00
António Sérgio Azevedo
7,666
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
3 answers
How to load ASA in a new Unity Project
Hello, I've been reading through the documentation of Azure Spatial Anchors and I'm a bit confused about how you re-use an ASA in a new Unity project. I don't understand is how do you load an ASA in your Unity UI to be the reference location of a…
asked 2022-01-24T09:37:16.8+00:00
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ARNAUD
16
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commented 2022-02-04T08:58:06.43+00:00
António Sérgio Azevedo
7,666
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
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Azure Spatial Anchors retirement, recommended replacement?
We received a notice that Azure Spatial Anchors will be retired on 20 November 2024. We have apps relying on the service and with only 12 months notice, we need to find a replacement quickly. What is the recommended replacement for Azure Spatial Anchors,…
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Azure Spatial Anchors are not successfully created using Hololens 2 - no anchors appearing on Azure dashboard
The tutorial I'm following is Get Started with Azure Spatial Anchors (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-ca/training/modules/azure-spatial-anchors-tutorials/3-exercise-get-started-with-azure-spatial-anchors). However, I can't create the spatial anchors…
asked 2023-11-03T21:11:19.7+00:00
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Noreen Gao
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commented 2023-12-30T15:14:22.72+00:00
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Azzam, Israa
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Can the Azure Spatial Anchor feature implemented by HoloLens 1st gen and how to implement that?
I 'm watching these tutorials and want to implement the Azure Spatial Anchor feature on my HoloLens 1st gen. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/azure-spatial-anchors-tutorials/3-exercise-get-started-with-azure-spatial-anchors I wonder how…
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In which case the SLAM method is used ?
Hello, I am doing a study related to the field of augmented reality, and especially related to Google's ARCore technology. I would like to know if the SLAM method is required for model-based tracking. It seems obvious to me that it is not used in this…
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new Azure Spatial Anchors 2.7.0 SDK fails to upload cloud anchor in iOS 14.2
I've been using the old 2.2.1 SDK for a while until yesterday when I updated my iPhone 11 Pro to iOS 14.2 and upgraded to 2.7.0 SDK. Calling Cloud Anchor Upload sometimes works, other times it just timeout without giving any sort of error response. I…
asked 2020-11-14T17:57:06.403+00:00
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Mokin
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answered 2021-01-09T02:28:33.653+00:00
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AshokPeddakotla-MSFT
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Create Azure Spatial Anchors
How can you programmatically create azure spatial anchor given a JSON file with GPS coordinates and attribute information.
asked 2021-03-01T07:25:29.777+00:00
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Eric Hermoso
21
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answered 2021-05-21T08:07:38.673+00:00
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Ava Thalheim
6
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Spatial Anchor Pins do not save
We are experimenting with Microsoft's Azure Spatial Anchors. And we have followed the guides online and have had it work with 4.25 and Hololens. However, we're failing to get it to run on iOS 14.7.1 and unreal 4.27 . We have an Azure subscription set up…
asked 2021-10-20T06:25:42.447+00:00
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Justin Eslinger
31
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commented 2023-08-29T03:54:20.3+00:00
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ingga nurlana
0
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How to manage all azure SpatialAnchors in account?
Is there a way to view (or programmatically retrieve) all spatial anchors created in my account? So I can review and clean up those which are not in use anymore. The current API allows getting anchors only by known ids or nearby. But what if the…
asked 2021-09-29T19:56:38.767+00:00
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Sergii Romanov
46
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commented 2021-10-07T22:13:07.727+00:00
Sergii Romanov
46
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How do I use Azure Spatial Anchors methods?
Hi there I am working on an ARCore project in unreal engine and wanted to use the Azure Spatial Anchors plugin. I am working on Ubuntu 20.04. I followed the guidelines of the Azure Spatial Anchors set up page but when trying to just use the methods…
asked 2022-11-06T11:36:34.29+00:00
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lfierce
1
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commented 2022-11-10T05:01:38.917+00:00
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Jackson Fields
186
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1 answer
Spatial Anchor Data Size
Hello I am trying to compare the size of data it takes to share an Azure Spatial anchor and compare it to a full SLAM map. Is there any information or documentation describing the data size of a single spatial anchor?
asked 2022-02-15T15:25:47.22+00:00
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Frank R
1
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commented 2022-03-06T18:32:43.707+00:00
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QuantumCache
20,266
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Errors when exporting Azure Spatial Anchors default example in platform "PC, Mac & Linux Standalone"
Hi, When i exported the Azure Spatial Anchors default example(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/azure-spatial-anchors-tutorials/) which i finished, in the platform "PC, Mac & Linux Standalone" but i got errors below. …
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StartSession cannot be started, spatial perception access cannot be verified
Hello everyone! Was trying out the Hololens 2 integration with Unreal Engine 4.26.2 and 4.27.2 using the Microsoft OpenXR github plugin. Came across this error that I wasn't able to get past: StartSession cannot be started yet because spatial…
asked 2022-02-24T17:41:18.41+00:00
Justin Eslinger
31
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accepted 2022-03-08T00:21:59.99+00:00
Justin Eslinger
31
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1 answer
Can't create anchor,CloudManager_ErrorServerError:Service unavailable or unspecified error found
Hello,I’m trying to use this demo--mixed-reality-robot-interaction-demo.I built this Unity app myself and when I want to create an anchor,I get error messages Attempting to create anchor CloudManager_ErrorServerError:Service unavailable or unspecified…
asked 2022-02-28T15:10:05.887+00:00
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qfy123
6
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commented 2022-09-01T23:34:20.333+00:00
QuantumCache
20,266
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How Anchor Locate Requests (ALR) are located (is it per users that find that anchor or the times anchors are created???
I'm using the "Integrating Azure Spatial Anchors into a shared experience" sample for HoloLens and iOS devices, and I want to know how ALR are counted here, in the other page it says that its located based on AnchorLocateCriteria class, so is…
asked 2022-03-27T05:38:14.74+00:00
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Sana Omer
1
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commented 2022-03-31T17:06:26.31+00:00
AshokPeddakotla-MSFT
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1 answer
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[Unity, Hololens2] Spatial Anchor ID could not be imported from the Azure Spatial Anchors network.
Process. [Hololens Player1] Move Model [Hololens Player1] Click "Start Azure Session" Button [Hololens Player1] Click "Create Azure Anchor" Button [Hololens Player1] Click "Share Anchor ID to Network"…
asked 2022-05-16T09:37:15.09+00:00
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Min-Jae, Lee
36
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commented 2022-05-26T01:18:45.683+00:00
Min-Jae, Lee
36
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1 answer
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Can you use BLE beacons configured for iBeacon ranging with Coarse Relocalization?
I'm developing a Xamarin Forms iOS application for vision impaired museum visitors using Azure Spatial Anchors. We have an existing deployment of iBeacons in the museum (for another purpose) that I would like to leverage to improve Coarse Relocalization.…
asked 2022-06-29T13:49:41.41+00:00
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Bill Jackson
21
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commented 2022-07-06T18:51:52.093+00:00
Bill Jackson
21
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1 answer
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Azure Spatial Anchors Android NDK lib fails to load when minify enabled
Hello, I noticed the Android app was crashing when building in release mode for production. Apparently Android NDK lib failed to load when minify is enabled (default for release). To reproduce change "minifyEnabled false" to…
asked 2022-07-20T13:46:13.943+00:00
Sergii Romanov
46
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commented 2022-07-27T17:15:59.89+00:00
Sergii Romanov
46
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1 answer
Power BI services connecting with Azure Spatial Anchors
I want too explore Power BI data in space. I setup the Azure Spatial Anchors account and now i need to connect it too Power BI services. i get the next error messages: "You need Owner permissions for your org's Azure Spatial Anchors…
asked 2022-08-02T14:47:04.817+00:00
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Charaf Bouichi
1
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commented 2022-08-09T23:04:19.333+00:00
QuantumCache
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