Chris Bartlett wrote:
Other 3D systems I have used in the past had the ability to 'point' the
camera at a location so that the camera oriented itself automatically as
it was moved. Is there anything like this or do I have to work out the
orientation as well as the position of the Viewing platform?
There are parts of it. Look at Transform3D and the lookAt() method.
Then, you'll have to do your own handling of the update of the position
in response to the user input. One small gotcha: after calling lookAt(),
make sure to call invert().
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