[vtkusers] Stereo using SetViewShear()?
Shang Mu
smu.email at gmail.com
Sat Aug 5 06:26:25 EDT 2006
I'm new to vtk and get confused with the vtkCamera::SetViewShear().
Why do you use "shear" to create a stereo scene instead of just set the
correct frustum/camera pair from the beginning?
I studied the source code and found that vtkCamera::SetViewShear() /
vtkPerspectiveTransform::Shear() does the same thing as
vtkCamera::SetWindowCenter() / vtkPerspectiveTransform::Frustum() can do.
IMO, the frustum way is much more intuitive. The "Shear()" way needs me to
put the camera away from the eye position, which is against our normal way
of thinking. And I do not think anyone can begin using "Shear()" without
reading the source code or the long comment before the function defination.
Is there any advantage to use shearing rather than set the frustum directly?
Am I missing something?
Thanks for any clarification!
Shang
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