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XRLightEstimate: primaryLightIntensity property

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

The read-only primaryLightIntensity property of the XRLightEstimate interface returns a DOMPointReadOnly representing the intensity of the primary light source from the probeSpace of an XRLightProbe.

Value

A DOMPointReadOnly object where an RGB value is mapped to the x, y, and z values. The w value is always 1.0. If no estimated values from the user's environment are available, the point will be {x: 0.0, y: 0.0, z: 0.0, w: 1.0}, representing no illumination.

Examples

Within an XRFrame loop, you can use the primaryLightDirection and primaryLightIntensity properties to render shadows based on the most prominent light source, for example.

js

const lightProbe = await xrSession.requestLightProbe();

// frame loop
function onXRFrame(time, xrFrame) {
  let lightEstimate = xrFrame.getLightEstimate(lightProbe);

  // Render lights

  // Available properties
  lightEstimate.primaryLightDirection;
  lightEstimate.primaryLightIntensity;
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
primaryLightIntensity 90 90 No No 76 No No 90 No 64 No 15.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/XRLightEstimate/primaryLightIntensity