[fluxus] a couple of questions

[Dave Griffiths]

>> On 09/03/06, Alex <x37v.alex at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> first of all, is it possible to move the camera position
>>> programatically? I'd like to be able to have incoming OSC messages
>>> modify the camera position.
>>
>> what i do is i create a large sphere and make it parent to the rest.
>> moving that sphere moves the whole world which is sort of moving the
>> camera.
>
> ... or if you still want to move the camera rather than the world, you can
> attach the camera to an object, hide the object and move it around
> normally.
>
> I'm intending to get some code in cvs to blend the camera position so it
> lags by some optional amount behind the object it's attached to for
> smoother camera moves.

also, while I'm thinking about it, I'd also like to add the ability to add
seperate camera and focus object attachments.

do you think this object based approach is ok? the main reason for it
rather than just setting a position vector was that you can have the
camera attached to object in the physics system (for example) and not
worry about having to update the camera every frame.

cheers,

dave