Re: [openvrml-develop] Proximity sensor problem

[S.K.Bose <bo...@pa...>]

On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Javier Taibo wrote:

> 
>   Hello all,
> 
>   I am using OpenVRML 0.11.1 and I have detected a problem with the proximity sensors.
> Sometimes the camera seems to go in and out of the sensor while it is completely inside.
> The "inside" condition in the VrmlNodeProximitySensor::render method is computed
> with the position of the camera obtained with a call to ViewerOpenGL::getPosition()
> 
>   What I have observed is that the getPosition() method computes the position of the
> camera from the OpenGL matrices calling gluUnproject()
> 
>   The weird thing here is that while the position of the camera doesn't move, it only
> rotates, the values of x, y and z returned by getPosition are different! Also, this values
> are different from the position of the camera I establish in my program.
> 
>   Has anybody noticed this?  What could be the problem?

I have noticed in getOrientation() but not in getPosition(). For
getOrientation() I have fixed it. Please can you put this bug in
<http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=107151&group_id=7151&func=browse>

Thanks,

Bose