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XRHitTestSource

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

The XRHitTestSource interface of the WebXR Device API handles hit test subscriptions. You can get an XRHitTestSource object by using the XRSession.requestHitTestSource() method.

This object doesn't itself contain hit test results, but it is used to compute hit tests for each XRFrame by calling XRFrame.getHitTestResults(), which returns XRHitTestResult objects.

Instance properties

None.

Instance methods

XRHitTestSource.cancel() Experimental: Unsubscribes from the hit test.

Examples

Getting an `XRHitTestSource` object for a session

Call XRSession.requestHitTestSource() to get a hit test source.

const xrSession = navigator.xr.requestSession("immersive-ar", {
  requiredFeatures: ["local", "hit-test"],
});

let hitTestSource = null;

xrSession
  .requestHitTestSource({
    space: viewerSpace, // obtained from xrSession.requestReferenceSpace("viewer");
    offsetRay: new XRRay({ y: 0.5 }),
  })
  .then((viewerHitTestSource) => {
    hitTestSource = viewerHitTestSource;
  });

// frame loop
function onXRFrame(time, xrFrame) {
  let hitTestResults = xrFrame.getHitTestResults(hitTestSource);

  // do things with the hit test results
}

Unsubscribe from hit test

To unsubscribe from a hit test source, call XRHitTestSource.cancel(). Since the object will no longer be usable, you can clean up and set the XRHitTestSource object to null.

hitTestSource.cancel();
hitTestSource = null;

Specifications

Specification
WebXR Hit Test Module # hit-test-source-interface

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
`XRHitTestSource`	81	81	No	No	68	No	No	81	No	58	No	13.0
`cancel`	81	81	No	No	68	No	No	81	No	58	No	13.0