[X3D-Public] Accelerometer environment sensor

[Keith Victor]

Hey Don:

I think it might look like this:

SFBool   InputOutput   enabled    // typical Sensor Node field
SFVec3f    outputOnly    acceleration_changed    // the acceleration vector,
in Gs.

Simple enough?

One simple example usage:
Then just Route that into a Script, do an atan2( accel.y, accel.x ) to get
an angle.
SetOrientation(  0,0,1, atan2( ... ) )

Set the orientation of a Transform that is inside a Billboard, and the
content will remain plum as you rotate the device around.

Keith Victor





On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 6:36 AM, Don Brutzman <brutzman at nps.edu> wrote:

> Dave wrote:
>
>> Be careful about culling the spec to fit the hardware. By the time
>> you're done, the hardware will be
>> at least twice as good as it currently is.
>>
>
> yup.   i think we've done OK on that score.  i haven't seen any proposed
> spec changes that were motivated by hardware improvements (or
> anachronisms).
>
> Please add Accelerometer environment sensor, if such sensor make the cut.
>>
>
> interesting, great idea Dave!  got proposal?  for starters we just need
> a node signature to define fields and some simple explanatory prose on
> how it works.  an little chunk of example scene would also be helpful.
>
> FYI there was a way cool demo at the W3C Tech Plenary TPAC meeting
> by the head of the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) group + "CSS Strike Force."
> He moved his laptop around to drive a car game as a web application.
> Apparently they were able to reach all the way down from the web browser
> to the hardware, where there was no special configuration but rather
> simply reading an accelerometer that already comes with the hard disk
> (to prevent crashes when moving around).  so we should expect that the
> accelerometer information will be widely available on almost every
> platform, not just mobile devices.
>
>
> http://ajaxian.com/archives/firefox-trunk-accelerometers-webgl-and-css-transitions
>
> http://people.mozilla.com/~prouget/demos/resources/videos/mozOrientation.ogv
>
> http://www.w3.org/2009/11/04-tpac-minutes.html#glazou
>
> Daniel Glazman (Disruptive Innovations): The End of the Beginning
>>
>> <arun> Note that glazou is tilting his screen
>>
>> Daniel Glazman: demos of rotating cube, tilt detector ["level"]
>> application (in 15 lines of code) and a game done is SVG that is in Canvas.
>> Very simple
>> ... "font dragr" to test new fonts
>>
>> Henry Thompson: The box you were holding has an accelerometer, right?
>>
>> Daniel Glazman:Yes. All laptops have accelerometers in their hard disk
>> drives to handle shocks.
>>
>> Judy Brewer: How was the accessibility?
>>
>> Daniel Glazman: I don't know.
>>
>> <IanJ> [Reminder: feedback form, thanks!:
>> http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35125/tpac2009-feedback/]
>>
>> Judy Brewer: It looks neat. It would be great if the accessibility support
>> right from the beginning. Can we be sure we can get you hooked up with the
>> right people to help with that.
>>
>> Chaals: the accessibility are in the hardware APIs, the hardware knows
>> when it is working. We have to work on how we make that an acessible
>> application (by making things like canvas accessible)
>>
>> <IanJ> [Applause]
>>
>
> all the best, Don
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