Provides access to input and output capabilities commonly associated with Virtual Reality (VR). This API is intended to completely replace the WebVR API (https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/4532810371039232). It has been designed to address the issues found in the prior API based on developer, web platform, hardware manufacturer, and implementer feedback.

Demo

• https://immersive-web.github.io/webxr-samples/

Documentation

• https://github.com/immersive-web/webxr/blob/master/explainer.md

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>WebXR

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 79
• Chrome for Android release 79

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Positive
• Edge: Positive
• Safari: No signal
• Web Developers: Strongly positive

Owners

• bajones@chromium.org
• samdrazin@chromium.org

Intent to Prototype url

Comments

For more information on the state of WebXR in Chrome, reference this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R8Bz0_vK9YmY5-ZhsbLtZ9-DDJpTOgNeibFD4SdUnbw/edit

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Last updated on 2020-12-21