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Light

A light.

More properties at A-Frame Light.

All wire objects have a set of basic attributes {object_id, action, type, persist, data}. The data attribute defines the object-specific attributes

Light Attributes

Attribute Type Default Description Required
object_id string   A uuid or otherwise unique identifier for this object. Yes
persist boolean True Persist this object in the database. Yes
type string; Must be: object 'object' AFrame 3D Object Yes
action string; One of: ['create', 'delete', 'update'] 'create' Message action create, update, delete. Yes
ttl integer   When applied to an entity, the entity will remove itself from DOM after the specified number of seconds. Update is allowed, which will reset the timer to start from that moment. No
data Light data   Light Data Yes

Light Data Attributes

Attribute Type Default Description Required
object_type string; Must be: light light 3D object type. Yes
angle number 60 Maximum extent of spot light from its direction (in degrees). Requires type:spot. No
castShadow boolean False Whether this light casts shadows on the scene. No
color string '#ffffff' Light color. For ‘hemisphere’, light color from above. Yes
decay number 1 Amount the light dims along the distance of the light. Requires type:point or type:spot. No
distance number 0 Distance where intensity becomes 0. If distance is 0, then the point light does not decay with distance. Requires type:point or type:spot. No
envMap string 'None' Cube Map to load. No
groundColor string '#ffffff' Light color from below. Requires type:hemisphere. No
intensity number 1 Amount of light provided. Yes
light light   DEPRECATED: data.light.[property] is deprecated, use object_type: light and data.[property] instead. No
penumbra number 0 Percent of the spotlight cone that is attenuated due to penumbra. Requires type:spot. No
shadowBias number 0 Offset depth when deciding whether a surface is in shadow. Tiny adjustments here (in the order of +/-0.0001) may reduce artifacts in shadows. No
shadowCameraBottom number -5 Bottom plane of shadow camera frustum. Requires type:directional. No
shadowCameraFar number 500 Far plane of shadow camera frustum. No
shadowCameraFov number 50 Shadow camera’s FOV. Requires type:point or spot. No
shadowCameraLeft number -5 Left plane of shadow camera frustum. Requires type:directional. No
shadowCameraNear number 0.5 Near plane of shadow camera frustum. No
shadowCameraRight number 5 Right plane of shadow camera frustum. Requires type:directional. No
shadowCameraTop number 5 Top plane of shadow camera frustum. Requires type:directional. No
shadowCameraVisible boolean False Displays a visual aid showing the shadow camera’s position and frustum. This is the light’s view of the scene, used to project shadows. No
shadowMapHeight number 512 Shadow map’s vertical resolution. Larger shadow maps display more crisp shadows, at the cost of performance. No
shadowMapWidth number 512 Shadow map’s horizontal resolution. No
shadowRadius number 1   No
target string 'None' Id of element the spot should point to. Set to null to transform spotlight by orientation, pointing to it’s -Z axis. Requires type:spot. No
type string; One of: ['ambient', 'directional', 'hemisphere', 'point', 'spot'] 'directional' The type of light, or what shape the light should take. Yes
parent string   Parent’s object_id. Child objects inherit attributes of their parent, for example scale and translation. No
position position   3D object position. Yes
rotation rotation   3D object rotation in quaternion representation; Right-handed coordinate system. Euler degrees are deprecated in wire message format. Yes
scale scale   3D object scale. No
visible boolean True Whether object is visible. Property is inherited. No
animation animation   Animate and tween values. No
armarker armarker   A location marker (such as an AprilTag, a lightAnchor, or an UWB tag), used to anchor scenes, or scene objects, in the real world. No
click-listener click-listener   Object will listen for mouse events like clicks. No
box-collision-listener box-collision-listener   Listen for bounding-box collisions with user camera and hands. Must be applied to an object or model with geometric mesh. Collisions are determined by course bounding-box overlaps. No
collision-listener string   Name of the collision-listener, default can be empty string. Collisions trigger click events. No
blip blip   When the object is created or deleted, it will animate in/out of the scene instead of appearing/disappearing instantly. Must have a geometric mesh. No
static-body static-body   A fixed-position or animated object. Other objects may collide with static bodies, but static bodies themselves are unaffected by gravity and collisions. No
dynamic-body dynamic-body   A freely-moving object. Dynamic bodies have mass, collide with other objects, bounce or slow during collisions, and fall if gravity is enabled. No
goto-landmark goto-landmark   Teleports user to the landmark with the given name. Requires click-listener. No
goto-url goto-url   Load new URL when object is clicked. Requires click-listener. No
hide-on-enter-ar boolean; Must be: True True Hide object when entering AR. Remove component to not hide. No
hide-on-enter-vr boolean; Must be: True True Hide object when entering VR. Remove component to not hide. No
show-on-enter-ar boolean; Must be: True True Show object when entering AR. Hidden otherwise. No
show-on-enter-vr boolean; Must be: True True Show object when entering VR. Hidden otherwise. No
impulse impulse   Apply an impulse to an object to set it in motion. This happens in conjunction with an event. Requires click-listener and physics. No
landmark landmark   Define entities as a landmark; Landmarks appears in the landmark list and you can move (teleport) to them; You can define the behavior of the teleport: if you will be at a fixed or random distance, looking at the landmark, fixed offset or if it is constrained by a navmesh (when it exists). No
material-extras material-extras   Define extra material properties, namely texture encoding, whether to render the material’s color and render order. No
shadow shadow   The shadow component enables shadows for an entity and its children. Adding the shadow component alone is not enough to display shadows in your scene. We must have at least one light with castShadow: true enabled. No
sound sound   The sound component defines the entity as a source of sound or audio. The sound component can be positional and is thus affected by the component’s position. No
textinput textinput   Opens an HTML prompt when clicked. Sends text input as an event on MQTT. Requires click-listener. No
url string   Use File Store paths under ‘store/users/username’, see CDN and other storage options in the description above. No
remote-render remote-render   Whether or not an object should be remote rendered [Experimental]. No
video-control video-control   Adds a video to an entity and controls its playback. No
attribution attribution   Attribution Component. Saves attribution data in any entity. No
spe-particles spe-particles   GPU based particle systems in A-Frame. No
look-at string   The look-at component defines the behavior for an entity to dynamically rotate or face towards another entity or position. Use ‘#my-camera’ to face the user camera, otherwise can take either a vec3 position or a query selector to another entity. No