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OrientationSensor - Web APIs | MDN
Below is a list of interfaces based on the OrientationSensor interface.
OrientationSensor.quaternion
Read only
Returns a four element Array
whose elements contain the components of the unit quaternion representing the device's orientation.
OrientationSensor.populateMatrix()
Populates the given object with the rotation matrix based on the latest sensor reading.
The following example, which is loosely based on Intel's Orientation Phone demo , instantiates an AbsoluteOrientationSensor
with a frequency of 60 times a second. On each reading it uses OrientationSensor.quaternion
to rotate a visual model of a phone.
const options = { frequency: 60, referenceFrame: "device" };
const sensor = new AbsoluteOrientationSensor(options);
sensor.addEventListener("reading", () => {
// model is a Three.js object instantiated elsewhere.
model.quaternion.fromArray(sensor.quaternion).inverse();
});
sensor.addEventListener("error", (error) => {
if (event.error.name === "NotReadableError") {
console.log("Sensor is not available.");
}
});
sensor.start();
Using orientation sensors requires requesting permissions for multiple device sensors. Because the Permissions
interface uses promises, a good way to request permissions is to use Promise.all
.
const sensor = new AbsoluteOrientationSensor();
Promise.all([
navigator.permissions.query({ name: "accelerometer" }),
navigator.permissions.query({ name: "magnetometer" }),
navigator.permissions.query({ name: "gyroscope" }),
]).then((results) => {
if (results.every((result) => result.state === "granted")) {
sensor.start();
// …
} else {
console.log("No permissions to use AbsoluteOrientationSensor.");
}
});