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WebVR was an experimental Web API that was only capable of representing virtual reality and was superseded by WebXR.^[12]^[13]^[14]

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