# 10 - Spatial Awareness

Short link: [aka.ms/UnitySpatialAwareness](https://aka.ms/UnitySpatialAwareness)

![Spatial Awareness URL](https://1227696974-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LoMjAI1irMPA8c0ezFQ%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d1cfa7a74346835f84d0c6eead750e0e3620a7d0%2FSpatialAwareness.png?alt=media)

**Overview**

The Spatial Awareness system provides real-world environmental awareness in mixed reality applications.

Scene understanding provides Mixed Reality developers with a structured, high-level environment representation designed to make developing for environmentally aware applications intuitive.

![Spatial Awareness environment mesh.](https://1227696974-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LoMjAI1irMPA8c0ezFQ%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-77331bc072821d86a3e341ad3b6add199fa326b1%2FMRTK_SpatialAwareness_Main.png?alt=media)

* **​**[**Concepts​**](https://www.xrdev.app/mixed-reality-docs/lessons/lesson-10/concepts)
* [**​Project​**](https://www.xrdev.app/mixed-reality-docs/lessons/lesson-10/project)
* [**​What could go wrong?​**](https://www.xrdev.app/mixed-reality-docs/lessons/lesson-10/what-could-go-wrong)
* [**​Resources**](https://www.xrdev.app/mixed-reality-docs/lessons/lesson-10/resources)