Manage headset camera permissions

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Some features in Horizon OS and third-party apps require you to grant camera access permission before they will work.

Any app which needs to access your camera data will request this permission via an in-headset pop-up. Find out more about managing permissions and seeing permission history.

Headset camera permissions

Headset camera permission allows an app to access the real-time passthrough camera feed from the front of your headset. The real-time camera passthrough feed includes everything you see in passthrough without any virtual objects that may appear to be blocking the real environment. If you choose to share camera data with an app, that app’s policies apply.

Some examples of how apps may use your camera feed include:

Object recognition. Developers can create apps that recognise and use specific objects within your real-environment. For example, a digital board game that incorporates physical game pieces or boards.
Location recognition. Developers can create experiences that respond differently depending on where the camera feed shows you are located . For example, indoors or outdoors, at a famous landmark, or in a specific type of room.
Other machine learning functionality. Developers are able to run custom machine learning models against data from the real-time camera feed. This could be used for retexturing/shading, games involving participants who are not wearing headsets, person/animal detection, or any number of custom industrial/training use-cases.

As well as access to the real-time camera feed, apps that have been given headset camera permission will also receive relevant metadata. This includes camera focal length, principal point, image dimensions and camera position relative to center of device.

Only a single foreground app can access camera data at any time. Once an app is minimized or closed, camera data will no longer be provided.

Manage camera permissions

In your permissions history you can review and revoke permissions, as well as see which apps have used permissioned functionality over the last 7 days. To view permission history and manage permissions:

Press / on your right Touch controller to open the universal menu.
Select the clock on the left side of the universal menu to open Quick settings.
Select Settings, then select Privacy and safety.
Select Permissions history.
Select the app you want to view permission history for.
Select a specific system permission to view a timeline of access in the past 7 days, or to revoke permission.