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XRFrame: getJointPose() method

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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

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The getJointPose() method of the XRFrame interface returns an XRJointPose object providing the pose of a hand joint (see XRHand) relative to a given base space.

Syntax

getJointPose(joint, baseSpace)

Parameters

joint: An XRJointSpace specifying the hand joint space for which to obtain an XRJointPose describing the item's position and orientation.
baseSpace: An XRSpace to use as the base or origin for the relative position and orientation.

Return value

An XRJointPose object specifying the position and orientation of the hand joint, relative to the XRSpace indicated by baseSpace.

Examples

Using `getJointPose()`

Call getJointPose() with an XRJointSpace and an XRReferenceSpace to get an XRJointPose object.

navigator.xr
  .requestSession({ optionalFeatures: ["hand-tracking"] })
  .then(/* … */);

function renderFrame(session, frame) {
  // …

  for (const inputSource of session.inputSources) {
    if (inputSource.hand) {
      const indexFingerTipJoint = inputSource.hand.get("index-finger-tip");
      frame.getJointPose(indexFingerTipJoint, referenceSpace); // XRJointPose
    }
  }
}

Specifications

Specification
WebXR Hand Input Module - Level 1> # dom-xrframe-getjointpose>

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`getJointPose`	131	93–111 Hololens 2 only.	No	116	No	131	No	87	No	No	No	No