XRCPUDepthInformation: getDepthInMeters() 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
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The getDepthInMeters() method of the XRCPUDepthInformation interface returns the depth in meters at (x, y) in normalized view coordinates (origin in the top left corner).

Syntax

js
getDepthInMeters(x, y)

Parameters

x

X coordinate (origin at the left, grows to the right).

y

Y coordinate (origin at the top, grows downward).

Return value

None (undefined).

Exceptions

  • A RangeError is thrown if x or y are greater than 1.0 or less than 0.0.

Examples

js
const distance = depthInfo.getDepthInMeters(x, y);

Specifications

Specification
WebXR Depth Sensing Module
# dom-xrcpudepthinformation-getdepthinmeters

Browser compatibility

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getDepthInMeters
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