OpenXR Specification 1.1.37

OpenXR Specification 1.1.37 (2024-05-23)

This release adds new defines for easier use of both OpenXR 1.0 and 1.1 with
up-to-date headers, as well as some minor fixes, cleanups, and clarifications.

• Registry
  • Addition: New XR_API_VERSION_1_0 and XR_API_VERSION_1_1 defines to allow
    applications to easily specify OpenXR "major" and "minor" version while passing
    through the "patch" version.
    (internal MR 3329,
    internal MR 3354,
    internal issue 2254)
  • Addition: Register Razer vendor ID.
    (internal MR 3340)
  • Fix: Add "palm_pose" to "touch_controller_pro" and "touch_controller_plus" in
    XML.
    (internal MR 3363)
  • Improvement: Add Schematron rule to avoid triggering edge cases of vendor tags
    ending with X.
    (internal MR 3341)
  • Reservation: Reserve extension numbers for a few new EXT extensions.
    (internal MR 3285,
    internal MR 3292)
  • Update: Bump version of XR_FB_composition_layer_alpha_blend due to spec text
    clarification.
    (internal MR 3317)
• Specification
  • Addition: Document new XR_API_VERSION_1_0 and XR_API_VERSION_1_1
    macros/defines.
    (internal MR 3354,
    internal issue 2254)
  • Fix: Typo in "Buffer Size Parameters" section.
    (internal MR 3322)
  • Fix: Resolve several diagrams shown cropped in browsers.
    (internal MR 3355)
  • Fix: Correct formatting of versions in some generated spec text.
    (internal MR 3362)
  • Fix: Adjust specification release build process to restore internal links in
    PDF.
    (internal MR 3371,
    OpenXR-Docs issue 170)
  • Improvement: Resize and optimize images to reduce spec page size.
    (internal MR 2833,
    internal MR 3355)
  • Improvement: Add in missing explicit section anchors.
    (internal MR 3322)
  • Improvement: Fix references to Docker container in spec build instructions.
    (internal MR 3352,
    internal issue 2283,
    OpenXR-SDK-Source issue 476)
  • Improvement: Inline several SVG diagrams to support searchable and screen-
    reader-accessible text.
    (internal MR 3355)
  • Improvement: General script cleanups and improvements.
    (internal MR 3362)
  • Update: Bump version of XR_FB_composition_layer_alpha_blend due to spec text
    clarification.
    (internal MR 3317)