1.0.11 • Published 7 years ago
aframe-sticky-cursor-component v1.0.11
Sticky Cursor
An A-Frame component to move cursor along object's surface.
API
| Property | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| fuse | Trigger 'click' event after staring at something | true |
| fuseTimeout | Time required staring until click event triggered | 1000 |
| cursorId | id of the cursor | #cursor |
| hoverDistance | distance to hover cursor above normal face (in meters) | 0 |
Usage
<!-- Camera and Cursor Setup -->
<a-entity id="cursor" scale="0.02 0.02 0.02" geometry="primitive: sphere" material="side: double; color: yellow; shader: flat">
<a-animation begin="cursor-fusing" dur="1500" easing="ease-in" attribute="material.color" fill="forwards" from="#FFF" to="#F00"></a-animation>
<a-animation begin="click" dur="1" easing="ease-in" attribute="material.color" fill="backwards" from="#F00" to="#FFF"></a-animation>
</a-entity>
<!-- Attach Raycaster and sticky-cursor to camera (because thats where the ray gets casts from) -->
<!-- TODO - Allow connecting to controllers. -->
<a-camera raycaster sticky-cursor="fuse: true; fuseTimeout: 1500; cursorId: #cursor; hoverDistance: 0;"></a-camera>Installation
browser
<head>
<title>My A-Frame Scene</title>
<script src="https://aframe.io/releases/0.4.0/aframe.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/casonclagg/aframe-sticky-cursor-component/master/dist/aframe-sticky-cursor-component.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<a-scene>
<a-entity id="cursor" scale="0.02 0.02 0.02" geometry="primitive: sphere" material="side: double; color: yellow; shader: flat">
<a-animation begin="cursor-fusing" dur="1500" easing="ease-in" attribute="material.color" fill="forwards" from="#FFF" to="#F00"></a-animation>
<a-animation begin="click" dur="1" easing="ease-in" attribute="material.color" fill="backwards" from="#F00" to="#FFF"></a-animation>
</a-entity>
<a-camera raycaster sticky-cursor="fuse: true; fuseTimeout: 1500; cursorId: #cursor; hoverDistance: 0;"></a-camera>
</a-scene>
</body>npm
Install via npm:
$npm install aframe-sticky-cursor-component
Then register and use.
require('aframe');
require('aframe-sticky-cursor-component');Shoutouts
This component is basically a mashup of the aframe's 0.4.0 cursor component and Jun Ito's Crawling Cursor Component
Van gogh Room by ruslans3d is licensed under CC Attribution
Vincent van Gogh too.
TODO
rotation is weird on flat surface
Use model cursor demo, look straight down onto the floor and walk forward, strafe and move the view around slowly. Rotation is weird.