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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Jun 09 2005 - 16:51:33 CDT

Hi,
  There isn't a scripting interface to modify the the eye position or
view direction vectors etc directly at this time, but I plan to write
the necessary code for this in a few months as I revise the camera model
used by VMD to support some new features in subsequent versions.
In the mean time, feel free to hack OpenGLDisplayDevice, or else
make your own subclass, similar to what was done for CAVEDisplayDevice,
or one of the others.

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 12:27:49PM +0200, Breght Boschker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm working on integrating VMD in our VR system. So far, I have been
> successful in connecting our trackers to the VRPN-inputs, but I still
> haven't been able to control the eye position (for head tracking).
>
> Looking through the VMD sources, I found out there is an eye position
> 'float eyePos[3]' in class DisplayDevice (DisplayDevice.h). Contrary to
> other viewing parameters (eyesep, focallen etc.), this parameter cannot
> be changed externally (e.g. through Python).
>
> Is there a way of controlling the viewing parameters externally without
> having to modify and/or recompile VMD?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Breght Boschker
>
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