R help - May 2013 - 3d interactive video using the rgl package

Hi all,

I've been using the 'rgl' package to visualise in 3d the water
temperature recorded by a glider deployed off the coast of Australia (see
snapshot attached). Using the writeWebGL function, I'm able to produce an
html file of the scene with which I can then interact (e.g. zoom in/out, rotate)
in my web browser.

In R, I have created another scene that includes a loop plotting the movements
of the glider with the time. Is it possible to export that whole animation with
the writeWebGL function? I've only managed to export the scene once all the
points of my loop have been plotted, and the movie3d() function is not really a
good option for me as I would like to be able to interact with my 3d animation
in my web browser.

Thanks in anticipation for your help.

Xavier

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Dr. Xavier Hoenner

eMII Project Officer, Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)

University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay campus, Maths Building, room 355, Private Bag
21, Hobart, TAS 7001

Tel: +61 3 6226 1752<tel:%2B61%203%206226%201752>; Mob: +61 411 271
462<tel:%2B61%20411%20271%20462>; Fax: +61 3 6226
8575<tel:%2B61%203%206226%208575>

Email: xavier.hoenner at utas.edu.au<mailto:xavier.hoenner at
utas.edu.au>, URL:  http://imos.org.au/emii.html

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On 16/05/2013 4:06 AM, Xavier Hoenner wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been using the 'rgl' package to visualise in 3d the water
temperature recorded by a glider deployed off the coast of Australia (see
snapshot attached). Using the writeWebGL function, I'm able to produce an
html file of the scene with which I can then interact (e.g. zoom in/out, rotate)
in my web browser.
>
> In R, I have created another scene that includes a loop plotting the
movements of the glider with the time. Is it possible to export that whole
animation with the writeWebGL function? I've only managed to export the
scene once all the points of my loop have been plotted, and the movie3d()
function is not really a good option for me as I would like to be able to
interact with my 3d animation in my web browser.
>
> Thanks in anticipation for your help.
No, that's not currently supported.  You could probably do it using 
Javascript in the web page produced by writeWebGL.  I'm not sure whether 
it could be done entirely using the template argument, or whether you'd 
need to manually edit the writeWebGL output.

If you put together something like this, please let me know.  I'd like 
to see it.

Duncan Murdoch
>
> Xavier
>
>
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>
> Dr. Xavier Hoenner
>
> eMII Project Officer, Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
>
> University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay campus, Maths Building, room 355, Private
Bag 21, Hobart, TAS 7001
>
> Tel: +61 3 6226 1752<tel:%2B61%203%206226%201752>; Mob: +61 411 271
462<tel:%2B61%20411%20271%20462>; Fax: +61 3 6226
8575<tel:%2B61%203%206226%208575>
>
> Email: xavier.hoenner at utas.edu.au<mailto:xavier.hoenner at
utas.edu.au>, URL:  http://imos.org.au/emii.html
>
>
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