Recentering Camera in Studio API

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Hi, I’m new to 8th Wall here.

I am currently experimenting with the Gaussian Splats in the Studio (specifically the Portal). But I want the door/portal to be placable, similar to how it’s done in this project - World Tracking Portal (Editor Project)

I believe the code responsible for the repositioning is sceneEl.emit('recenter'), which can only be used in the Editor version. I have gone through the documentation as thoroughly as possible, but I have not found the equivalent of this event in Studio Version.

Is this behavior replicable in the Studio version through a script? (currently using Typescript). I can see that the same behavior is achieved by clicking on the “recenter” button on the Simulator. So I wonder if it’s doable via script.

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Any help is appreciated, thanks

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Hi, welcome to the forum!

You can call recenter from XR8, the engine, using the Window API like this:

const {XR8} = window as any

XR8.XrController.recenter()
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Appreciate the timely reply, George. It works as intended, so thanks a lot.

However, is there a reason why it doesn’t appear in the auto-complete (intellisense)? Is that something still in development?

If so, is it safe to assume that we can access all the Engine API’s features through window?

Thanks again.