[yt-dev] VR refactor status update

[Matthew Turk]

Hi Cameron,

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Cameron Hummels <chummels at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> I'd be interested in helping work on the VR stuff too since I've been
> involved in this effort (writing the YTEP, helping Sam with some of the code
> and layout).  Next time you guys have a hangout on this, would you let me
> know?
>

Yes -- I posted about it in the slack channel.  Sorry I didn't send it
to the list.

Do you want to help with documentation, or with porting the remaining cameras?

> Also, the VR refactor was originally meant to address TimeSeries so movies
> were more easily made (movie paths, etc.).  As the VR code gets merged into
> the mainline, I'd love to work with people on making the Scene class more
> inclusive of TimeSeries data before the 3.2 release goes out.

Please go ahead and do that!

>
> Cameron
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Andrew, Kacper, Allyson and I had a hangout to go over the current
>> state of the VR refactor that Sam started.
>>
>> Where we're at:
>>
>>  * Docs need to be written and updated.  I have committed to taking
>> this on, and I am starting today.
>>  * There are two cameras that need to be ported, the setreo spherical
>> camera and the perspective camera.  Suoqing, is there any chance you
>> might be able to take a look at doing this, and issuing a PR to Sam's
>> repository?  I ask only because you've been so good at camera porting
>> in the past.  :)
>>
>> Once that's done, since there is a backwards-compatible camera
>> interface, I assert that we should consider heavily simply pulling in
>> the code and beginning to migrate.
>>
>> -Matt
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> Cameron Hummels
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> Steward Observatory
> University of Arizona
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