Web/API/OrientationSensor/quaternion

The quaternion read-only property of the OrientationSensor interface returns a four element Array whose elements contain the components of the unit quaternion representing the device's orientation.

Syntax

var quaternion = orientationInstance.quaternion

Because OrientationSensor is a base class, quaternion may only be read from one of its derived classes.

Value

A Array whose values are the x, y, z, and w components of the quaternion representing the device orientation.

Example

// TBD

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Orientation SensorThe definition of 'quaternion' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

Update compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
quaternion	Chrome Full support 67	Edge Full support 79	Firefox No support No	IE No support No	Opera Full support 54	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 67	Chrome Android Full support 67	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android Full support 48	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 9.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

OrientationSensor.quaternion by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.