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Gyroscope: z property

The z read-only property of the Gyroscope interface returns a number specifying the angular velocity of the device along its z-axis.

Value

Examples

The gyroscope is typically read in the reading event callback. In the example below this occurs sixty times a second.

js

let gyroscope = new Gyroscope({ frequency: 60 });

gyroscope.addEventListener("reading", (e) => {
  console.log(`Angular velocity along the X-axis ${gyroscope.x}`);
  console.log(`Angular velocity along the Y-axis ${gyroscope.y}`);
  console.log(`Angular velocity along the Z-axis ${gyroscope.z}`);
});
gyroscope.start();

Specifications

Specification
Gyroscope
# gyroscope-z

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
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z 67 79 No No 54 No 67 67 No 48 No 9.0

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