WebXR

WebXR
WebXR Device API
Abbreviation	WebXR
Status	Candidate Recommendation (CR) Device API; Augmented Reality Module; ; Working Draft (WD) Layers API; Hand Input Module; Gamepads Module; ; First Public Working Draft (FPWD) Lighting Estimation API; Hit Test Module; DOM Overlays Module; Depth Sensing Module; ; Editor's Draft (ED) Anchors Module; ;
Organization	W3C
Committee	Immersive Web Community Group; Immersive Web Working Group;
Editors	Rik Cabanier; Manish Goregaokar; Brandon Jones; Nell Waliczek;
Base standards	HTML DOM; ECMAScript (ECMA-262); Pointer Events; WebGL;
Domain	Web API; Augmented reality; Virtual reality;
Website	immersive-web.github.io

WebXR Device API is a Web application programming interface (API)^[1]^[2] that describes support for accessing augmented reality and virtual reality devices, such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Meta Quest, Google Cardboard, HoloLens, Apple Vision Pro, Android XR-based devices, Magic Leap or Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), in a web browser.^[3]^[4] The WebXR Device API and related APIs^[5] are standards defined by W3C groups, the Immersive Web Community Group^[6] and Immersive Web Working Group.^[7]^[8] While the Community Group works on the proposals in the incubation period, the Working Group defines the final web specifications to be implemented by the browsers.^[9]^[10]^[11]

WebVR was an experimental Web API that was only capable of representing virtual reality and was superseded by WebXR.^[12]^[13]^[14]

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