AbsoluteOrientationSensor: AbsoluteOrientationSensor() constructor

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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The AbsoluteOrientationSensor() constructor creates a new AbsoluteOrientationSensor object which describes the device's physical orientation in relation to the Earth's reference coordinate system.

Syntax

js
new AbsoluteOrientationSensor()
new AbsoluteOrientationSensor(options)

Parameters

options Optional

Options are as follows:

frequency Optional

The desired number of times per second a sample should be taken, meaning the number of times per second that the reading event will be called. A whole number or decimal may be used, the latter for frequencies less than a second. The actual reading frequency depends on the device hardware and consequently may be less than requested.

referenceFrame Optional

Either 'device' or 'screen'. The default is 'device'.

Specifications

Specification
Orientation Sensor
# dom-absoluteorientationsensor-absoluteorientationsensor

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
AbsoluteOrientationSensor() constructor

See also