# WebXR on the HoloLens 2

**URL:** https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/webxr-on-the-hololens-2/40633
**Category:** Questions
**Tags:** webxr
**Created:** [May 9, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/webxr-on-the-hololens-2/40633 "2023-05-09T15:43:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author: ![Mal\_Duffin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/mal_duffin/32/39540_2.png) [@Mal\_Duffin](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Mal_Duffin)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/webxr-on-the-hololens-2/40633/21 "2024-05-06T19:43:12Z")

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I managed to find a more recent solution as a temporary fix, it might help someone until MS fix the issue in a future update.

[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1657735/webxr-enter-ar-not-working-on-edge-on-hololens-2](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1657735/webxr-enter-ar-not-working-on-edge-on-hololens-2)

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### Author: ![RaananW](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/raananw/32/28955_2.png) [@RaananW](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/RaananW)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2024, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/webxr-on-the-hololens-2/40633/22 "2024-05-07T09:56:03Z")

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Edge on hololens is working quite well with WebXR, no workarounds needed. Want to share a playground or a demo that doesn’t work (and should, of course 🙂 )

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### Author: ![HedwigAR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/hedwigar/32/33214_2.png) [@HedwigAR](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/HedwigAR)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/webxr-on-the-hololens-2/40633/23 "2024-05-07T11:07:35Z")

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I’ve seen the same thing as @Mal_Duffin, it’s not Babylon specific, any WebXR demo stops working.  
I was actually in the middle of working on something, and the same demo first worked, when I restarted edge it seemed to do an update. After which it stopped working. Honestly heartbreaking and made me pause webxr development for a little bit while I look for another device to test with.

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### Author: ![RaananW](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/raananw/32/28955_2.png) [@RaananW](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/RaananW)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/webxr-on-the-hololens-2/40633/24 "2024-05-07T11:09:37Z")

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can you share the OS and browser version? I want to understand what could be the cause here

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### Author: ![HedwigAR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/hedwigar/32/33214_2.png) [@HedwigAR](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/HedwigAR)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/webxr-on-the-hololens-2/40633/25 "2024-05-07T11:11:03Z")

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According to the link @Mal_Duffin shared it’s the combination with OpenXR that’s the issue.

His versions are:  
Windows version OS Build: 22621.1324

I haven’t checked mine

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### Author: ![RaananW](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/raananw/32/28955_2.png) [@RaananW](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/RaananW)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/webxr-on-the-hololens-2/40633/26 "2024-05-07T11:54:34Z")

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I wanted to check, so I updated my system, and now… WebXR doesn’t work. No flag helped. Updating now to 22621.1328, hoping for a fix.

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### Author: ![HedwigAR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/hedwigar/32/33214_2.png) [@HedwigAR](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/HedwigAR)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/webxr-on-the-hololens-2/40633/27 "2024-05-07T12:06:00Z")

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I hope it’s fixed, but last time it took literal months. But at that time VR still worked, I think both are now broken so that might make it higher priority 🤞

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### Author: ![RaananW](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/raananw/32/28955_2.png) [@RaananW](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/RaananW)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/webxr-on-the-hololens-2/40633/28 "2024-05-07T12:21:22Z")

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So that didn’t work as expected - device is in recovery mode, update failed. I’ll wait for the next nightly update and see if it helps. No luck so far.

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### Author: ![Mal\_Duffin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/mal_duffin/32/39540_2.png) [@Mal\_Duffin](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Mal_Duffin)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/webxr-on-the-hololens-2/40633/29 "2024-05-07T13:37:05Z")

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Hiya @RaananW - if you follow the instructions in the link I posted, you’ll be able to get back to a working WebXR version. It’s a bit of hassle, but it works consitently ( I’ve done it a couple of times now )

It’s hard to know if this has been flagged internally, so that the internal team know about it and are working on a fix. It’s a right PITA, but def worth raising the issue - the more times it’s reported, the higher up the priority list it might go.

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### Author: ![HedwigAR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/hedwigar/32/33214_2.png) [@HedwigAR](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/HedwigAR)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/webxr-on-the-hololens-2/40633/30 "2024-05-13T12:15:47Z")

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![Screenshot 2024-05-13 at 14.14.53](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/uploads/babylonjs/original/3X/0/f/0fd149591f398deb0030ba28e51f83f107b8c0e1.png)

Looks like they’re aware and working on it, so that’s good. But no idea when it would be fixed. Again, last time it took months ☹

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### Author: ![Mal\_Duffin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/mal_duffin/32/39540_2.png) [@Mal\_Duffin](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Mal_Duffin)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2024, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/webxr-on-the-hololens-2/40633/31 "2024-08-07T09:51:57Z")

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Did any of the new nightly updates to the HoloLens 2 fix this issue?

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### Author: ![RaananW](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/raananw/32/28955_2.png) [@RaananW](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/RaananW)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2024, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/webxr-on-the-hololens-2/40633/32 "2024-08-07T10:04:34Z")

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I still have no direct answer, and i can’t update my device because the update (1468) crashes the entire system.

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### Author: ![Mal\_Duffin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/mal_duffin/32/39540_2.png) [@Mal\_Duffin](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Mal_Duffin)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/webxr-on-the-hololens-2/40633/33 "2024-08-09T22:02:36Z")

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That def sucks!

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