@types/webxr

What is @types/webxr?

@types/webxr provides TypeScript definitions for the WebXR Device API, which allows developers to create immersive virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences on the web. This package helps in ensuring type safety and better development experience when working with WebXR in TypeScript.

What are @types/webxr's main functionalities?

Session Management

This feature allows you to request and manage XR sessions. The code sample demonstrates how to request an immersive VR session with optional features.

const sessionInit = { optionalFeatures: ['local-floor', 'bounded-floor'] };
navigator.xr.requestSession('immersive-vr', sessionInit).then((session) => {
  console.log('Session started');
});

Reference Spaces

This feature allows you to create and manage reference spaces, which are coordinate systems used to track the position and orientation of the XR device. The code sample shows how to request a local reference space.

session.requestReferenceSpace('local').then((referenceSpace) => {
  console.log('Reference space created');
});

XRFrame Handling

This feature allows you to handle XR frames and get the viewer's pose. The code sample demonstrates how to request an animation frame and retrieve the viewer's pose.

session.requestAnimationFrame((time, frame) => {
  const pose = frame.getViewerPose(referenceSpace);
  if (pose) {
    console.log('Viewer pose:', pose);
  }
});

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README

Installation

npm install --save @types/webxr

Summary

This package contains type definitions for webxr (https://www.w3.org/TR/webxr/).

Details

Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/webxr.

Additional Details

• Last updated: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 23:06:12 GMT
• Dependencies: none
• Global values: none

Credits

These definitions were written by Rob Rohan, and Raanan Weber.