Browser Requirements

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AR experiences must be viewed via https. This is required by browsers for camera access.

Mobile browsers require the following functionality to support 8th Wall Web experiences:

• WebGL (canvas.getContext('webgl') || canvas.getContext('webgl2'))
• getUserMedia (navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia)
• deviceorientation (window.DeviceOrientationEvent - only needed if SLAM is enabled)
• WebAssembly SIMD (https://caniuse.com/wasm-simd)

iOS

• Safari (iOS 16.4+)
• Apps that use SFSafariViewController web views (iOS 13+)
  • Apple added getUserMedia() support to SFSafariViewController in iOS 13. 8th Wall works within iOS 13 apps that use SFSafariViewController web views.
  • Examples: Twitter, Slack, Discord, Gmail, Hangouts, and more.
• Apps/Browsers that use WKWebView web views (iOS 14.3+)

Android

• Browsers known to natively support the features required for WebAR:
  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Samsung Internet
  • Microsoft Edge
• Apps using Web Views known to support the features required for WebAR:
  • Twitter, WhatsApp, Slack, Gmail, Hangouts, Reddit, LinkedIn, and more.