shadow

Note: This documentation is for the old 0.6.0 version of A-Frame. Check out the documentation for the current 1.6.0 version

The shadow component enables shadows for an entity and its children. Receiving shadows from surrounding objects and casting shadows onto other objects may (and often should) be enabled independently.

Without this component, an entity will not cast nor receive shadows.

Example

The example below configures a tree model to cast shadows onto the surrounding scene but not receive shadows itself.

<a-entity light="type:directional; castShadow:true;" position="1 1 1"></a-entity>
<a-gltf-model src="tree.gltf" shadow="receive: false"></a-gltf-model>

IMPORTANT: 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. Additionally, the light’s shadow camera (used for depth projection) usually must be configured correctly. Refer to the light component for more information.

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