Correct - no positioning at all. Just get the user where they want to go.

MotionAware playback. And yes! You are asking all the right questions.

Desync from the video playback is a known problem with 1st person POV nav - many different ways to tackle it. I haven't implemented them yet - right now I am focused on building a Stableframe feature that allows the creators to upload video that hasn't been recorded with a gimbal and will stabilize the frame the get rid of the vertical bounce when people walk and record routes