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web xr passthrough on quest2 only works at one specific head position
Hi, I don't know if anyone has had any similar experiences, but I wanted to just have a little play with superimposing some text over the top of the passthrough mode on the quest 2 using web xr. I t...
Tested the problem on a Quest 2 in my lab (v54), and it did not have the issue. I did a factory reset on my personal headset (hold down volume on when you boot for service menu) and the issue is resolved after a factory reset (v56).
I also had the same experiences on the quest2 and just upgraded to quest3. At the time I reported to webxr discord #browser channel and said this:
> On quest2 browser trying to do passthrough webxr. I'm only seeing black background instead of transparent. I have passthrough set on at OS level. Am I doing something wrong? using this demo https://immersive-web.github.io/webxr-samples/immersive-ar-session.html
> For a very brief moment here and there the black fades out from passthrough when I put my hands or controllers in front of my face, very odd.
> I tried restarting the headset and same issue. Most of the time it is black but I captured a brief moment when it showed pass through and returned.
Here is a video of the issue: