Simon Bennett (simonb++at++wormald.com.au)
Wed, 5 Jul 1995 16:27:38 +1000 (BEST)
> Hello!
>
> I was wondering if there is a way to display an object
> in an area, such as a window, which is static ( separate,
> independent of ) an updated viewpoint ( the viewpoint is being
> updated both by an HMD and joystick ). Simply, I'm looking for
> a method a little bit slicker than applying the rotations
> generated by the HMD and joystick, and just have the object
> "there", so I don't have to apply those rotations.
> Any ideas, suggestions much appreciated, and thanks
> in advance.
Draw the object once in an overlay framebuffer? We've used that here for
certain effects. Of course the object will always appear *in front* of
everything else, which may or may not be the effect you're after.
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Simon Bennett simonb++at++wormald.com.au
Wormald Technology Advanced Systems Engineering Ph: +61 2 981 0611 (x512)
Computer Terms: hardware - the part of a computer system that one can kick
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