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Layers (WebXR)Limited availability

WebXR layer types, such as XRCylinderLayer, XRCylinderLayer, XREquirectLayer, XRProjectionLayer or XRQuadLayer, are managed by the system compositor, to reduce latency or resampling.

Not yet supported in all major browsers — check the table and provide a fallback.

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Browser support

DesktopChrome
1–146Not supported
147+Supportedsince Apr 7, 2026
Current: 155
Edge
12–146Not supported
147+Supportedsince Apr 10, 2026
Current: 154
Firefox
✕Not supportedup to 157
Current: 157
Safari
✕Not supportedup to 27
Current: 27
MobileChrome Android
18–146Not supported
147+Supportedsince Apr 7, 2026
Current: 155
Firefox Android
✕Not supportedup to 157
Current: 157
Safari iOS
✕Not supportedup to 27
Current: 27

How to use

Not supported in Firefox, Safari, Firefox Android, Safari iOS. Use feature detection below and provide a fallback (or a polyfill) for those browsers.

Example

Full syntax and examples are on MDN: XRCompositionLayer.

Feature detection

JS · check before using
if ("XRCompositionLayer" in globalThis) {
  // XRCompositionLayer is available
} else {
  // load a polyfill or use a fallback
}

Documentation (MDN)

Specification

Sub-features

Support for each part of the feature (64). The overall table above shows when the whole feature works.

Sub-featureChromeEdgeFirefoxSafariChrome AndroidFirefox AndroidSafari iOS
XRCompositionLayer147147✕✕147✕✕
XRCompositionLayer.blendTextureSourceAlpha147147✕✕147✕✕
XRCompositionLayer.destroy147147✕✕147✕✕
XRCompositionLayer.layout147147✕✕147✕✕
XRCompositionLayer.mipLevels147147✕✕147✕✕
XRCompositionLayer.needsRedraw147147✕✕147✕✕
XRCubeLayer147147✕✕147✕✕
XRCubeLayer.orientation147147✕✕147✕✕
XRCubeLayer.redraw_event147147✕✕147✕✕
XRCubeLayer.space147147✕✕147✕✕
XRCylinderLayer147147✕✕147✕✕
XRCylinderLayer.aspectRatio147147✕✕147✕✕
XRCylinderLayer.centralAngle147147✕✕147✕✕
XRCylinderLayer.radius147147✕✕147✕✕
XRCylinderLayer.redraw_event147147✕✕147✕✕
XRCylinderLayer.space147147✕✕147✕✕
XRCylinderLayer.transform147147✕✕147✕✕
XREquirectLayer147147✕✕147✕✕
XREquirectLayer.centralHorizontalAngle147147✕✕147✕✕
XREquirectLayer.lowerVerticalAngle147147✕✕147✕✕
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Sub-featureChromeEdgeFirefoxSafariChrome AndroidFirefox AndroidSafari iOS
XREquirectLayer.radius147147✕✕147✕✕
XREquirectLayer.redraw_event147147✕✕147✕✕
XREquirectLayer.space147147✕✕147✕✕
XREquirectLayer.transform147147✕✕147✕✕
XREquirectLayer.upperVerticalAngle147147✕✕147✕✕
XRLayerEvent147147✕✕147✕✕
XRLayerEvent.XRLayerEvent147147✕✕147✕✕
XRLayerEvent.layer147147✕✕147✕✕
XRMediaBinding✕✕✕✕✕✕✕
XRMediaBinding.XRMediaBinding✕✕✕✕✕✕✕
XRMediaBinding.createCylinderLayer✕✕✕✕✕✕✕
XRMediaBinding.createEquirectLayer✕✕✕✕✕✕✕
XRMediaBinding.createQuadLayer✕✕✕✕✕✕✕
XRProjectionLayer147147✕✕147✕✕
XRProjectionLayer.fixedFoveation147147✕✕147✕✕
XRProjectionLayer.ignoreDepthValues147147✕✕147✕✕
XRProjectionLayer.textureArrayLength147147✕✕147✕✕
XRProjectionLayer.textureHeight147147✕✕147✕✕
XRProjectionLayer.textureWidth147147✕✕147✕✕
XRQuadLayer147147✕✕147✕✕
XRQuadLayer.height147147✕✕147✕✕
XRQuadLayer.redraw_event147147✕✕147✕✕
XRQuadLayer.space147147✕✕147✕✕
XRQuadLayer.transform147147✕✕147✕✕
XRQuadLayer.width147147✕✕147✕✕
XRRenderState.layers147147✕✕147✕✕
XRSubImage147147✕✕147✕✕
XRSubImage.viewport147147✕✕147✕✕
XRWebGLBinding8989✕✕89✕✕
XRWebGLBinding.XRWebGLBinding8989✕✕89✕✕
XRWebGLBinding.createCubeLayer147147✕✕147✕✕
XRWebGLBinding.createCylinderLayer147147✕✕147✕✕
XRWebGLBinding.createEquirectLayer147147✕✕147✕✕
XRWebGLBinding.createProjectionLayer147147✕✕147✕✕
XRWebGLBinding.createQuadLayer147147✕✕147✕✕
XRWebGLBinding.getSubImage147147✕✕147✕✕
XRWebGLBinding.getViewSubImage147147✕✕147✕✕
XRWebGLBinding.nativeProjectionScaleFactor147147✕✕147✕✕
XRWebGLSubImage147147✕✕147✕✕
XRWebGLSubImage.colorTexture147147✕✕147✕✕
XRWebGLSubImage.colorTextureHeight147147✕✕147✕✕
XRWebGLSubImage.colorTextureWidth147147✕✕147✕✕
XRWebGLSubImage.depthStencilTexture147147✕✕147✕✕
XRWebGLSubImage.imageIndex147147✕✕147✕✕