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# HandAnchor

A hand’s position in a person’s surroundings.

```
struct HandAnchor
```

## Topics

### Getting hand information

[`originFromAnchorTransform`](/documentation/ARKit/HandAnchor/originFromAnchorTransform)

The location and orientation of a hand in world space.

[`handSkeleton`](/documentation/ARKit/HandAnchor/handSkeleton)

The current position and orientation of joints on a hand.

[`chirality`](/documentation/ARKit/HandAnchor/chirality-swift.property)

The chirality of this hand.

[`HandAnchor.Chirality`](/documentation/ARKit/HandAnchor/Chirality-swift.enum)

A value that indicates a left or right hand.

[`isTracked`](/documentation/ARKit/HandAnchor/isTracked)

A Boolean value that indicates whether ARKit is currently tracking this hand.

[`description`](/documentation/ARKit/HandAnchor/description)

A textual representation of this anchor.

### Identifying hand anchors

[`id`](/documentation/ARKit/HandAnchor/id)

The unique identifier of this anchor.


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