XRSession: interactionMode property
Limited availability
This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
Experimental: This is an experimental technology
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The XRSession
interface's read-only interactionMode
property
describes the best space (according to the user agent) for the application to draw an interactive UI for the current session.
Value
A string describing the best space (according to the user agent) for the application to draw an interactive UI for the current session.
Possible values are:
screen-space
-
Indicates that the UI should be drawn directly to the screen without projection. This is typically the mode reported from handheld devices.
world-space
-
Indicates that the UI should be drawn in the world, some distance from the user, so that they may interact with it using controllers. This is typically the mode reported from headworn devices.
Examples
if (xrSession.interactionMode === "world-space") {
// draw UI in the world
} else {
// draw UI directly to the screen
}
Specifications
Specification |
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WebXR Augmented Reality Module - Level 1 # dom-xrsession-interactionmode |
Browser compatibility
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