[Interest] [Qt3D] Smooth orbit camera

[Oleg Evseev]

Hi Andy,

Thanks for tips!
I thought about standard animation (it's used in planets example by the
way) but I suppose it's better to use FrameAction:

https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qt3dlogic-qframeaction.html#details

> The QFrameAction provides a way to perform tasks each frame in a
> synchronized way with the Qt3D backend. This is useful to implement some
> aspects of application logic and to prototype functionality that can later
> be folded into an additional Qt3D aspect.
>
> For example, the QFrameAction can be used to animate a property in sync
> with the Qt3D engine where a Qt Quick animation element is not perfectly
> synchronized and may lead to stutters in some cases.
>

Maybe this with camera movement is not the "some case".

> I haven't looked at the new Qt3D animation stuff, but I think its more
geared towards animated models, not moving the camera?

I suppose it's for everything related to animation in 3d :)

2017-05-06 21:22 GMT+03:00 Andy <asmaloney at gmail.com>:

> Oleg:
>
> The way I did it was to implement a QVariantAnimation-derived class that
> stores the QCamera's start &end positions, view centres, and up vectors.
> Then I just set the easing curve & the duration I want and call start().
> Works great for my use case.
>
> I haven't looked at the new Qt3D animation stuff, but I think its more
> geared towards animated models, not moving the camera?
>
> (In another case I use QPropertyAnimation directly to animate some arrow
> drawing in my scene which also works great and is easy to set up.)
>
> ---
> Andy Maloney  //  https://asmaloney.com
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>
>
> On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Oleg Evseev <ev.mipt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking for solution to get smooth orbit camera in qt3d. That is for
>> example when I need to change angle of observe it doesn't translate camera
>> immediately, but with some delay, just like in games: when vehicle turn
>> camera follow it with delay.
>>
>> Does it make sense to use newest Qt3D animation framework (not yet
>> immersed in the study how to use it), or it would be overkill for that task
>> and it would be better to write special camera controller based on
>> QOrbitCameraController with custom logic for frameAction onTriggered
>> handling?
>>
>> Maybe there are some relative examples with ready-to-use math? Will be
>> much appreciate for links.
>>
>> Thanks for advices!
>>
>> --
>> With best regards, Oleg.
>>
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