XRCPUDepthInformation: getDepthInMeters() method

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The getDepthInMeters() method of the XRCPUDepthInformation interface returns the depth in meters at (x, y) in normalized view coordinates (origin in the top left corner).

Syntax

getDepthInMeters(x, y)

Parameters

x: X coordinate (origin at the left, grows to the right).
y: Y coordinate (origin at the top, grows downward).

Exceptions

A RangeError is thrown if x or y are greater than 1.0 or less than 0.0.

Examples

const distance = depthInfo.getDepthInMeters(x, y);

Specifications

Specification
WebXR Depth Sensing Module # dom-xrcpudepthinformation-getdepthinmeters

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`getDepthInMeters` Experimental	Chrome – Full support Chrome 90 (Release date: 2021-04-13) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 90 (Release date: 2021-04-15) footnote Full support	Firefox – No support Firefox footnote No support	Opera – Full support Opera 76 (Release date: 2021-04-28) footnote Full support	Safari – No support Safari footnote No support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 90 (Release date: 2021-04-13) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote No support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 64 (Release date: 2021-05-25) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote No support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 15 (Release date: 2021-08-13) footnote Full support	WebView Android – No support WebView Android footnote No support	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote No support

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: Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

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