XRHitTestSource

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The XRHitTestSource interface of the WebXR Device API handles hit test subscriptions. You can get an XRHitTestSource object by using the XRSession.requestHitTestSource() method.

This object doesn't itself contain hit test results, but it is used to compute hit tests for each XRFrame by calling XRFrame.getHitTestResults(), which returns XRHitTestResult objects.

Instance properties

None.

Instance methods

XRHitTestSource.cancel()

Unsubscribes from the hit test.

Examples

Getting an XRHitTestSource object for a session

Call XRSession.requestHitTestSource() to get a hit test source.

js
const xrSession = navigator.xr.requestSession("immersive-ar", {
  requiredFeatures: ["local", "hit-test"],
});

let hitTestSource = null;

xrSession
  .requestHitTestSource({
    space: viewerSpace, // obtained from xrSession.requestReferenceSpace("viewer");
    offsetRay: new XRRay({ y: 0.5 }),
  })
  .then((viewerHitTestSource) => {
    hitTestSource = viewerHitTestSource;
  });

// frame loop
function onXRFrame(time, xrFrame) {
  let hitTestResults = xrFrame.getHitTestResults(hitTestSource);

  // do things with the hit test results
}

Unsubscribe from hit test

To unsubscribe from a hit test source, call XRHitTestSource.cancel(). Since the object will no longer be usable, you can clean up and set the XRHitTestSource object to null.

js
hitTestSource.cancel();
hitTestSource = null;

Specifications

Specification
WebXR Hit Test Module
# hit-test-source-interface

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
XRHitTestSource
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 81 (Release date: 2020-04-07)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 81 (Release date: 2020-04-13)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 68 (Release date: 2020-04-22)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 81 (Release date: 2020-04-07)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 58 (Release date: 2020-05-13)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 13 (Release date: 2020-12-02)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote
footnote See bug 40652382
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support
cancel
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 81 (Release date: 2020-04-07)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 81 (Release date: 2020-04-13)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 68 (Release date: 2020-04-22)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 81 (Release date: 2020-04-07)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 58 (Release date: 2020-05-13)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 13 (Release date: 2020-12-02)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
See implementation notes.

See also