WebXR Device API (W3C)
Source: https://www.w3.org/TR/webxr
Structured fields
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"usefulness": "W3C Candidate Recommendation Draft for browser access to VR/AR hardware: session modes (inline, immersive-vr; immersive-ar via a module), frame loop and viewer pose, input sources. Basis for browser-delivered spatial stories, splat viewers and 360 experiences.",
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- [sourced_fact] Document is a W3C Candidate Recommendation Draft dated 9 June 2026 from the Immersive Web Working Group; work in progress. · locator: Status of this document source
- [sourced_fact] API: navigator.xr.isSessionSupported() and requestSession() create an XRSession exposing frame loop, viewer pose and input sources; modes inline, immersive-vr; immersive-ar is in the separate AR Module. · locator: Introduction and session sections source
- [sourced_fact] Copyright 2026 W3C; page refers to the W3C Software and Document License (permissive document license). · locator: Copyright notice source
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.
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| documentation | LicenseRef-W3C-Software-and-Document-License | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Page names the W3C Software and Document License; permission details were not read here. |