[Apple Vision Pro] Issue with startDeviceMotionUpdates in ImmersiveSpace Mode

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antoniocastohdnx OP

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Hello everyone,

I’m developing an app for Apple Vision Pro, and I’m trying to retrieve motion data updates aligned to magnetic north by using the following method:

startDeviceMotionUpdates(using: .xMagneticNorthZVertical, to: .main) { ... }

The goal is to get motion data oriented to magnetic north while an ImmersiveSpace() with an immersiveStyle set to .mixed is active. However, with this setup, I receive no updates at all.

If I switch to:

startDeviceMotionUpdates(using: .xArbitraryZVertical, to: .main) { ... }

or

startDeviceMotionUpdates(to: .main) { ... }

then I do receive data, but it’s not aligned as required (I specifically need .xMagneticNorthZVertical).

Has anyone experienced a similar issue, or does anyone know how to enable updates aligned to magnetic north in this configuration?

Thanks in advance for any insights!

SDK: VisionOS 2.0

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Vision Pro Engineer OP

Apple

1w

Hi @antoniocastohdnx

Heading information is not available on visionOS. There's a similar post here. I did some digging and learned isMagnetometerActive is not supported on visionOS.

That said, the Core Location team welcomes your feedback. I encourage you to submit a feedback report with details of your needs and use case using Feedback Assistant (https://feedbackassistant.apple.com).

Important: For feedback related to CoreLocation framework, select "Developer Technologies & SDKs" as your Topic, then select the specific technology and visionOS.

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