# Perspective and cell phone instruments

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-and-cell-phone-instruments/24847>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 9, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-and-cell-phone-instruments/24847 "2019-05-09T17:22:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![apimente](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/apimente/32/4030_2.png) [@apimente](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/apimente)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-and-cell-phone-instruments/24847/1 "2019-05-09T17:22:30Z")

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Hi,

We’re playing with the new ignition 8 and want to know if with perspective in HTML5 mode can use the cellphone instruments.

We have a demo with perspective app (android) where you can read a barcode with the cell phone camera, but I don’t know if this feature works under the HTML5 implementation (without installing the perspective app).

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-and-cell-phone-instruments/24847/2 "2019-05-09T17:29:43Z")

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Well, you can easily find out - just connect to the same gateway you’re using in the app through a mobile browser. Generally speaking, in browsers camera support is hit and miss - most mobile browsers seem to support it, most desktop ones do not, but there’s no guarantee either way, but it’s not explicitly prevented - the app just guarantees that it will work.

Also, it’s important to know there’s no “HTML5” vs “non-HTML5” mode - it’s all the same, whether you’re in a mobile browser, mobile app, or desktop browser - Perspective is _always_ rendering “using” HTML.