# Room-scale mode (Spatial Anchors)

**Room-Scale Mode with Spatial Anchors** lets you design and create spatial experiences that stay exactly where you place them — session after session. Walk into your room, and your virtual objects remain anchored to the same real-world spots every time you return.

#### **Why It’s Amazing**

**Persistent Mixed Reality** — Place content once, and it stays fixed to the physical world even across sessions.\
**Design With Confidence** — Build spatial layouts that feel natural because they stick where you put them.\
**Ready for Collaboration** — Anchored spaces make it easy for others to join you and see your designs in the [same real-world context](/mixed-reality-and-passthrough/room-scale-collaboration-shared-anchors.md).

### How to Activate Room-scale mode

Go to **Settings → Spatial Anchor Mode** and tap the blue button to launch the setup.

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Allow the use of spatial data if requested.
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If this is your first time, you’ll be guided to set up your physical space — this builds the baseline anchor for your room. Then click on **Enter Spatial Anchor mode** to activate it. 

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### Aligning the virtual world with the physical world

Once activated, it’s time to sync the virtual world with the real one:

**Adjust Position & Rotation** by holding both grip buttons on your controllers to fine-tune where your content lives. \
**Set Floor Height** using the slider so everything sits at the right level.

When you’re happy with it, hit **Done** — your scene is now locked in place.

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### Room mesh

We visualize the walls and objects of the physical space you've configured in your headset. You can hide and show Physical space mesh visualization using the "**Show physical space mesh**" toggle.

### Dollhouse mode

Scale down using the Grip buttons on both controllers for a *bird’s-eye view* of your room to move, resize, or tweak content faster and more comfortably. When you’re done, jump back to real scale with a tap on the **"Back to 1:1 scale" button**.

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