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# HandTrackingProvider

A source of live data about the position of a person’s hands and hand joints.

```
final class HandTrackingProvider
```

## Topics

### Creating a hand-tracking provider

[`init()`](/documentation/ARKit/HandTrackingProvider/init())

Creates a hand-tracking provider.

[`isSupported`](/documentation/ARKit/HandTrackingProvider/isSupported)

A Boolean value that indicates whether the current runtime environment supports hand-tracking providers.

[`requiredAuthorizations`](/documentation/ARKit/HandTrackingProvider/requiredAuthorizations)

The types of authorizations necessary for tracking hands.

### Observing hand anchor data

[`anchorUpdates`](/documentation/ARKit/HandTrackingProvider/anchorUpdates)

A sequence of updates for all hands that a provider tracks.

[`latestAnchors`](/documentation/ARKit/HandTrackingProvider/latestAnchors)

The most recent hand anchors for each hand.

### Inspecting a hand-tracking provider

[`state`](/documentation/ARKit/HandTrackingProvider/state)

The current status of data coming from a provider.

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

A textual representation of this hand tracking provider.

[`handAnchors(at:)`](/documentation/ARKit/HandTrackingProvider/handAnchors(at:))

Queries for hand anchors at the provided target timestamp.


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