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AirPods 3 head tracking data decoded on Linux
Claude Code helped work out how AirPods 3 send head-tracking data, so the sensors stream at about 200Hz on Linux.
Credits
- Reddit poster Matteocean Source ↗
- Repository account starman-tech Source ↗
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The full story
The poster wanted to control a mouse with their AirPods on Linux, but every open source project said AirPods 3 were unsupported. After an afternoon with Claude Code and many failed attempts, a background agent found the answer in some iOS framework code.
AirPods 3 use a different protocol from the Pro models, and Linux was hiding the sensors because of a Bluetooth packet size setting. Once that was fixed they streamed at around 200Hz. Claude wrote most of the code; the poster tested with the real AirPods.
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From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: used claude code to figure out how airpods 3 send head tracking data, turns out nobody had done it bReddit poster: MatteoceanPosted
The maker's post on r/ClaudeAI.
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- The code: github.comRepository account: starman-tech
The project on GitHub.