Time for Action: Simple Animation

Let's look at an example covering a simple animation technique:

1. Open ch05_01_simple-animation.html in your browser:

2. Move the camera around (left mouse-click + drag) and see how the objects (sphere and cone) move independently of one another (local transformations) and the camera (global transformation).
3. You can also dolly the camera (left mouse-click + Alt + drag).
4. Change the camera type to Tracking. If for any reason you lose your bearings, click on Go Home.
5. Let's examine the source code to see how we’ve implemented this example. Open ch05_01_simple-animation.html in a code editor.
6. Take a look at the render, onFrame, and animate functions. Which timing strategy are we using here?

7. The spherePosition and conePosition global variables contain the position of the sphere and the cone, respectively. Scroll up to the draw function...