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# CollisionEvents.Updated

An event raised on every frame when two objects are in contact.

```
struct Updated
```

## Topics

### Getting the involved entities

[`let entityA: Entity`](/documentation/RealityKit/CollisionEvents/Updated/entityA)

The first entity involved in the collision.

[`let entityB: Entity`](/documentation/RealityKit/CollisionEvents/Updated/entityB)

The second entity involved in the collision.

### Characterizing the collision

[`let impulse: Float`](/documentation/RealityKit/CollisionEvents/Updated/impulse)

The total impulse in this collision pair obtained by adding up all the
individual impulses applied at each contact point

[`let position: SIMD3<Float>`](/documentation/RealityKit/CollisionEvents/Updated/position)

A position representing the estimated point of contact.

### Instance Properties

[`var contacts: [Contact]`](/documentation/RealityKit/CollisionEvents/Updated/contacts)

All contacts between the collision pair. Empty if all contact information is not requested.

[`var impulseDirection: SIMD3<Float>`](/documentation/RealityKit/CollisionEvents/Updated/impulseDirection)

The direction of the total impulse in scene coordinate space.

[`var penetrationDistance: Float`](/documentation/RealityKit/CollisionEvents/Updated/penetrationDistance)

The estimated distance of overlap between the two colliding entities in scene coordinate space.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`Event`](/documentation/RealityKit/Event)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

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