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title: "lookAt | JavaScript maps SDK"
description: "Documentation for MapTiler SDK"
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# Function lookAt

-   lookAt(  
        out: [mat4](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.mat4/),  
        eye: [ReadonlyVec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.ReadonlyVec3/),  
        center: [ReadonlyVec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.ReadonlyVec3/),  
        up: [ReadonlyVec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.ReadonlyVec3/),  
    ): [mat4](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.mat4/)[](#lookat)
    
    Generates a look-at matrix with the given eye position, focal point, and up axis. If you want a matrix that actually makes an object look at another object, you should use targetTo instead.
    
    #### Parameters
    
    -   out: [mat4](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.mat4/)
        
        mat4 frustum matrix will be written into
        
    -   eye: [ReadonlyVec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.ReadonlyVec3/)
        
        Position of the viewer
        
    -   center: [ReadonlyVec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.ReadonlyVec3/)
        
        Point the viewer is looking at
        
    -   up: [ReadonlyVec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.ReadonlyVec3/)
        
        vec3 pointing up
        
    
    #### Returns [mat4](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.mat4/)
    
    out