NAME

       exquat  -  A  comparison  between  Euler  angles and quaternions. Allegro game programming
       library.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <allegro.h>

       Example exquat

DESCRIPTION

       Euler angles are convenient for storing  and  creating  3D  orientations.   However,  this
       program  demonstrates  that  they  are  not  good when interpolating between two different
       orientations. The problem is solved by using Allegro's quaternion operations.

       In this program, two cubes are rotated between random orientations.  Notice that  although
       they  have  the  same  beginning and ending orientations, they do not follow the same path
       between orientations.

       One cube is being rotated by directly incrementing or decrementing the Euler  angles  from
       the  starting point to the ending point.  This is an intuitive notion, but it is incorrect
       because it does not cause the object to turn around a single unchanging axis of  rotation.
       The  axis of rotation wobbles resulting in the object spinning in strange ways. The object
       will eventually end up in the orientation that the user intended, but it gets there  in  a
       way  that  is  unattractive.   Imagine if this method was used to update the position of a
       camera in a game! Sometimes it would swing wildly and disorient the player.

       The other cube is animated using  quaternions.  This  results  in  a  much  more  pleasing
       animation because the cube turns around a single axis of rotation.

SEE ALSO

       BITMAP(3alleg4),       END_OF_MAIN(3alleg4),       MATRIX_f(3alleg4),       QUAT(3alleg4),
       acquire_bitmap(3alleg4),          allegro_error(3alleg4),           allegro_init(3alleg4),
       allegro_message(3alleg4),    apply_matrix_f(3alleg4),    blit(3alleg4),   circle(3alleg4),
       clear_keybuf(3alleg4),          clear_to_color(3alleg4),           create_bitmap(3alleg4),
       desktop_palette(3alleg4),              destroy_bitmap(3alleg4),             font(3alleg4),
       get_camera_matrix_f(3alleg4),                                get_rotation_matrix(3alleg4),
       get_rotation_matrix_f(3alleg4),   get_rotation_quat(3alleg4),   install_keyboard(3alleg4),
       keypressed(3alleg4),   line(3alleg4),    matrix_mul_f(3alleg4),    palette_color(3alleg4),
       persp_project_f(3alleg4),        quat_interpolate(3alleg4),       quat_to_matrix(3alleg4),
       readkey(3alleg4),      release_bitmap(3alleg4),      rest(3alleg4),       screen(3alleg4),
       set_gfx_mode(3alleg4),       set_palette(3alleg4),       set_projection_viewport(3alleg4),
       textout_ex(3alleg4)