momentum and pad curve

app/Mono.cs

@@ -96,26 +96,6 @@ public class Mono {
     dofs[3].Frame();
 
 
-    // turn this into a function
-    Vec3 vA = new Vec3(-1, 0, 0);
-    Vec3 vB = new Vec3(1, 1, 1);
-
-    Vec3 vC = Input.Hand(Handed.Right).palm.position;
-
-    Quat q = Quat.LookDir((vB - vA).Normalized);
-
-    // // snap vC to line vA-vB
-    // Vec3 local = q.Inverse * (vC - vA);
-    // local.x = 0;
-    // local.y = 0;
-    // vC = q * local + vA;
-
-		vC = vC.SnapToLine(vA, vB, true);
-
-    Lines.Add(vA, vB, new Color(1, 1, 1), 0.002f);
-    Mesh.Cube.Draw(matDev, Matrix.TRS(vC, q, 0.04f));
-
-
     // rGlove.Step(); lGlove.Step();
 
     // rBlock.Step(); lBlock.Step();

app/PullRequest.cs

@@ -92,16 +92,16 @@ public static class PullRequest {
 		return (to - from).Normalized;
 	}
 
-	public static Vec3 SnapToLine(this Vec3 v, Vec3 a, Vec3 b, bool clamp) {
+	public static Vec3 SnapToLine(this Vec3 v, Vec3 a, Vec3 b, bool clamp, out float t, float tMin = 0, float tMax = 1) {
     Quat q = Quat.LookDir(Direction(b, a));
     Vec3 lv = q.Inverse * (v - a);
     lv.x = lv.y = 0;
 		Vec3 r = q * lv + a;
-		if (clamp) {
+
 		float d = (b - a).Length;
-			float t = (r - a).Length / d;
+		t = (r - a).Length / d;
-			if (t < 0) t = 0;
+		if (clamp) {
-			if (t > 1) t = 1;
+			t = t < tMin ? tMin : (t > tMax ? tMax : t);
 			r = a + (b - a) * t;
 		}
     return r;

app/dofs/trackballer/Trackballer.cs

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ class Trackballer : dof {
   // data
   public Btn btnIn, btnOut;
   public Quat ori = Quat.Identity;
-  Vec3 oldLocalPad;
+  Quat momentum = Quat.Identity;
   Quat delta = Quat.Identity;
+  Vec3 oldLocalPad;
 
   public void Init() {}
 
@@ -18,13 +19,21 @@ class Trackballer : dof {
 			Matrix mAnchor = Matrix.TR(anchor, hand.palm.orientation);
 			Matrix mAnchorInv = mAnchor.Inverse;
 
+      Vec3 thumbTip = hand.Get(FingerId.Thumb, JointId.Tip).position;
+			Vec3 thumbKnuckle = hand.Get(FingerId.Thumb, JointId.KnuckleMinor).position;
       Vec3 pad = anchor.SnapToLine(
-				hand.Get(FingerId.Thumb, JointId.Tip).position,
+				thumbKnuckle, thumbTip, 
-				hand.Get(FingerId.Thumb, JointId.KnuckleMinor).position,
+				true,
-				true
+				out float t, 0, 0.666f
 			);
+      t = 1 - t;
+      t = t * t;
+			// t = 1 - t;
+      pad += hand.Get(FingerId.Thumb, JointId.Tip).orientation * -Vec3.Up * 0.00666f * t;
       Vec3 localPad = mAnchorInv.Transform(pad);
 
+			Lines.Add(thumbTip, thumbKnuckle, Color.White, 0.002f);
+
 			Color color = Color.White;
 			if (btnIn.held) {
         btnIn.Step(localPad.Length < layer[1]);
@@ -41,13 +50,15 @@ class Trackballer : dof {
 			color = btnOut.held ? new Color(0, 1, 0) : color;
 
 			if (btnIn.held) {
-				delta = Quat.Identity;
+				delta = momentum = Quat.Identity;
 			} else {
 				if (localPad.Length < layer[1]) {
 					delta = PullRequest.Relative(
 						hand.palm.orientation,
 						PullRequest.Delta(localPad.Normalized, oldLocalPad.Normalized)
 					).Normalized;
+
+					momentum = Quat.Slerp(momentum, delta, Time.Elapsedf * 10f);
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -59,7 +70,16 @@ class Trackballer : dof {
 			Mesh.Sphere.Draw(Mono.inst.matDev, Matrix.TRS(pad, hand.palm.orientation, 0.015f), new Color(0, 1, 0));
     }
 
-		Quat newOri = delta * ori;
+
+
+		// pad momentum! 
+		// like we did w/ vader life alyx immortal
+		// all the difference in the world!
+		// and makes for the third iteration of the trackballer
+
+
+
+		Quat newOri = momentum * ori;
 		if (new Vec3(newOri.x, newOri.y, newOri.z).LengthSq > 0) {
 			ori = newOri;
 		}