Ideas and suggestions needed for Improving p5.js WebGL mode in GSOC 2019

Summer of Code
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Edit: No longer implementing this, see below

  • start/stopCamera() -

Using time, we can start and stop effects of current p5.camera methods like tilt(), setPosition() move(), pan(), lookAt(). See these cases -

  1. startCamera( t ) / startInterval( t ) - starts the effects after t seconds. If none of the above methods are called before, the default camera() is used. After t seconds, the previous methods are stopped and subsequent methods are called.

    The usage can be like this.-

    cam1 = createCamera();
cam1.setPosition(30, 0, 50);
cam1.lookAt(0, 0, 0);
cam1.startcamera(5);
cam1.move(5,0,0);

    Here, after 5 seconds of rendering the sketch, the camera will start to move.

  2. stopCamera( t ) / stopInterval( t ) - ends the effects after t seconds. If none of the above methods are called after, the default camera() is used. After t seconds, the previous methods are stopped and subsequent methods are called.

    cam1 = createCamera();
cam1.setPosition(30, 0, 50);
cam1.lookAt(0, 0, 0);
cam1.startcamera(5);
cam1.move(5,0,0);
cam1.stopcamera(10);
cam1.lookAt(10,0,0);

    Here, after 5 seconds of rendering the sketch, the camera will start to move. And then after 5 more seconds, it will stop, and will be oriented to look at (10,0,0),

At the moment, I cannot decide a name for this function, as start/stopCamera() is a kind of misnomer, and a little misdirecting, but as is start/stopInterval(). I will update as I come up with new ideas.