WebXr hand input module - Level 1

Category: Device
Type: Chromium catches up
Status: Enabled by default (Chrome 131)
Intent stage: None

Summary

Exposes hand joint data on XrInputSources for use during a WebXr session. This allows developers to have more fine grained interactions during WebXr sessions.

Motivation

XR systems support tracking of users' hands to allow direct interaction and manipulation of virtual objects in XR applications. This feature provides sites an interface through WebXR to make use of these system hand trackers in a standardized way. https://github.com/immersive-web/webxr-hand-input/blob/main/explainer.md

Standards & signals

Specification: https://immersive-web.github.io/webxr-hand-input
Firefox: Defer
Safari: Shipped/Shipping — https://webkit.org/blog/15443/news-from-wwdc24-webkit-in-safari-18-beta
Web developers: Strongly positive
Tracking bug: https://crbug.com/359418633

Samples: https://immersive-web.github.io/webxr-samples/immersive-hands.html

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