Contact emailsbial...@chromium.org Explainer https://github.com/immersive-web/front-facing-camera/blob/main/explainer.md
Specification Summary The front-facing camera API enables WebXR-powered experiences to express their preference to use a front-facing (or "selfie") camera when creating immersive sessions. Some XR device form factors, most notably smartphones, have multiple cameras that can be used to power an immersive (generally AR) experience. The native AR frameworks already allow developers to configure the AR session by selecting the camera to be used - front-facing camera API exposes this configuration knob through WebXR. Blink componentBlink>WebXR>AR <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Blink%3EWebXR%3EAR> Motivation Some XR device form factors, most notably smartphones, have multiple cameras that can be used to power an immersive (generally AR) experience. The native AR frameworks allow developers to configure the AR session by selecting the camera to be used; however, this configuration knob is currently unavailable in WebXR. The front-facing camera API changes that by enabling sites to express their preference to use a front-facing camera when creating immersive sessions. There are currently no (easy) possible workarounds to this feature gap - the sites would have to write custom AR frameworks, possibly on top of existing `getUserMedia()` and `DeviceOrientation` APIs. Initial public proposalhttps://github.com/immersive-web/proposals/issues/78 TAG review TAG review statusPending Risks Interoperability and Compatibility *Gecko*: No signal *WebKit*: No signal *Web developers*: No signals *Other signals*: WebView application risks Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? Debuggability Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md> ?No Flag name Requires code in //chrome?False Estimated milestones No milestones specified Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status https://chromestatus.com/feature/4889480736014336 This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status <https://chromestatus.com/>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blink-dev+unsubscr...@chromium.org. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAF%3D5cq-E-JpX9HkEfO5jXXeHwhkfOiuGunKD9aqGxFp3cVk4rQ%40mail.gmail.com.
