XRRenderState: layers 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
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

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

The read-only layers property of the XRRenderState interface is an ordered array containing XRLayer objects that are displayed by the XR compositor.

Value

An ordered array containing XRLayer objects. The order of the layers is "back-to-front".

Examples

Getting render state layers

To read the WebXR layers array, use the layers property on XRRenderState. Layers can be set using the XRSession.updateRenderState() method.

js
const xrSession = navigator.xr.requestSession("immersive-ar", {
  optionalFeatures: ["layers"],
});

function onXRSessionStarted(xrSession) {
  const glCanvas = document.createElement("canvas");
  const gl = glCanvas.getContext("webgl", { xrCompatible: true });
  const xrGlBinding = new XRWebGLBinding(xrSession, gl);
  const projectionLayer = new XRWebGLLayer(xrSession, gl);
  const quadLayer = xrGlBinding.createQuadLayer({
    pixelWidth: 1024,
    pixelHeight: 1024,
  });

  xrSession.updateRenderState({
    layers: [projectionLayer, quadLayer],
  });

  xrSession.renderState.layers; // [projectionLayer, quadLayer]
}

Specifications

Specification
WebXR Layers API Level 1
# dom-xrrenderstate-layers

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
layers
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 147 (Release date: 2026-04-07)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 147 (Release date: 2026-04-10)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 131 (Release date: 2026-04-29)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 147 (Release date: 2026-04-07)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – No support
Opera Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No 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 also