Annotated Images, when present, obscure view.

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Simulated Environment for Theatre, Phase I

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Annotated Images, when present, obscure view. #6

Open lagoan opened 12 years ago

lagoan commented 12 years ago

When an annotation is added and present on the screen, it obscures the view of everything behind it. This is fine is the User is viewing the stage up close, but if the User wishes to view the stage, say, from the back row of the theatre model, the annotated image takes up half of the stage.

lagoan commented 12 years ago

jrsJRSjrs: Should the images scale based on the position of the camera ?

jrsJRSjrs commented 12 years ago

Would it be possible to optionally select either a scaled version of the annotation image, which stays attached to the object it's attached to, or to expand the image and release it from the object, so it could be viewed in more detail?

lagoan commented 12 years ago

We currently have an annotation image window. I could try to scale the attached images and treat the as buttons. When clicked on the annotation image window could show that image.

Would this be sufficient ?

lagoan commented 12 years ago

The problem with this approach is that the annotations may contain text and I cannot scale it.

We could show only the scaled image attached to the object and show the text on the other window after the image has been clicked.

jrsJRSjrs commented 12 years ago

Apologies: I don't think I understand what you mean. How much work is involved in implementing your suggestions? Would it be wasteful to try both and weigh the alternatives? Or could you describe them in terms of what I would see?

lagoan commented 12 years ago

My first suggestion would not work because the text would still block out parts of the stage. My second suggestion though would be a better solution and I do not believe it would be difficult to implement.

jrsJRSjrs commented 12 years ago

Ok let's try it!

lagoan commented 12 years ago

There are a couple more issues that should be considered

Not all annotations are tied to objects on the scene so we cannot scaled them based on that.
The point of the annotation text is to be shown next to the object when it is attached to one.

For these reason I will wait until we discuss how to best approach it before moving forward.

jrsJRSjrs commented 12 years ago

Let's put this on the agenda for Tuesday's meeting.

ShawnathanDDC commented 11 years ago

A possible solution to this would be to simply change the opacity of the annotation as the User moves closer to the stage. Completely Opaque when viewed from the back of the auditorium and completely Transparent when the User's camera is on the stage.

ShawnathanDDC commented 11 years ago

Sorry, reverse those. Completely transparent when viewed from the back. Opaque when viewed up close.