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Description

Add opt-in desktop Synthetic XR teleoperation. Scripted controller poses and buttons pass through IWER → WebXR → CloudXR → native retargeting → Lab IK, preserving the robot-control path used by a human operator.

  • Synthetic XR panel/API, trace recording/replay, input validation and release on stop/disconnect; native immersive XR remains unchanged.
  • Franka task sessions with read-only scene feedback, world-space tool targets, native success callbacks/export, ownership and bounded shutdown. Endpoint, orientation, reset and fresh-step guards reject invalid motion.
  • Reusable pick-and-place task logic with XR and optional Lab-native keyboard/gamepad adapters. Native adapters take application-owned observation/input callbacks; they are not Capture keyboard/gamepad device support and bypass WebXR/CloudXR.
  • One stacking-first tutorial. A short paragraph under “Bring your own task logic” explains input reuse; source contracts and the runnable XR pick-and-place example live in the example README.

Review: docs/source/teleop/synthetic_xr.rst, examples/synthetic_xr/README.md, examples/synthetic_xr/python/isaaccapture_examples/synthetic_xr/franka/, and deps/cloudxr/webxr_client/src/syntheticXR/.

Shared task recordings and validation

Type of change

  • New feature
  • Documentation update

Testing

  • 85 Python checks from source and installed wheel; 130 client checks and 4 real-IWER/mock-CloudXR browser checks.
  • Strict docs build, TypeScript, production client build and repository pre-commit pass. Existing webpack performance warnings retained.
  • Prior prepared-host native runs: XR stacking and pick-and-place exported successful episodes; shared keyboard/gamepad pick-and-place passed 40/40 and 41/41 checks. Source reviews and sampled-frame/native telemetry evaluation are recorded separately.
  • Fresh packaged XR pick-and-place: one native export, 23/23 independent checks, 1,412 samples, 109 input/action correlations and 0.310 mm placement error. The initial export failure and diagnostic retry are retained; a paused-reset snapshot repair is regression-tested and independently source-reviewed.
  • Final example modules and rebased client ran on the prepared Capture83e2598e/Labcb9628be backend. This is not a complete rebuild of rebased SDK main; keyboard/gamepad native evidence remains prepackaging. See examples/synthetic_xr/VALIDATION.txt for exact scope.
  • Packaged XR run and retained failed attempts

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  • Read the contribution guidelines
  • Ran linter/formatter with the CI hook configuration
  • Updated documentation
  • Added feature and failure-control tests
  • All branch commits have DCO sign-offs

For maintainer review; no merge or automatic merge requested.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added a Synthetic XR teleoperation preview for trying supported workflows from a desktop without an XR headset.
    • Added virtual hand controls, input recording and playback, trace import/export, controller sweeps, and teleoperation controls.
    • Added Franka stacking and pick-and-place examples, including keyboard and gamepad operation, task feedback, and episode export.
    • Added a launcher for opening XR-enabled client sessions.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved handling of XR frames without joint-pose data.
  • Documentation

    • Added setup, usage, validation, and troubleshooting guidance, plus embedded video support.

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This pull request adds synthetic XR controller controls to the WebXR client and a Python package with Franka teleoperation examples. The examples send browser commands, publish simulation observations, and validate task execution and native episode export. The change also adds tests, package configuration, validation records, and user and developer documentation.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant FrankaTaskSession
  participant BrowserClient
  participant SyntheticXRPanel
  participant SyntheticXRController
  participant IWER
  participant CloudXR
  participant NativeRetargetingAndLabIK
  participant FrankaObserver
  FrankaTaskSession->>BrowserClient: Send controller command
  BrowserClient->>SyntheticXRPanel: Forward browser command
  SyntheticXRPanel->>SyntheticXRController: Apply controller input
  SyntheticXRController->>IWER: Update synthetic device state
  IWER->>CloudXR: Provide WebXR input
  CloudXR->>NativeRetargetingAndLabIK: Forward controller input
  NativeRetargetingAndLabIK->>FrankaObserver: Update simulation
  FrankaObserver->>FrankaTaskSession: Publish observation and completion state
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Heads-up: #1394 just merged. It moves only-include from [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel] to [tool.hatch.build], so the sdist gets the same file list as the wheel. Without that, uv build packs the whole example directory into the sdist: media, recordings, a local uv.lock, build trees. Wheels and editable installs are unchanged.

Could you switch examples/synthetic_xr/pyproject.toml to the layout in Adding an example?

[tool.hatch.build]
only-include = ["python/isaaccapture_examples/synthetic_xr"]

[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
sources = ["python"]

Nothing checks where only-include lives, so rebasing won't flag the old layout.

Signed-off-by: Sameer Tangade <stangade@nvidia.com>
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aristarkhovNV merged commit 75d5670 into NVIDIA:main Nov 4, 2026
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