Hi,
Here is what I am trying to do:
Let’s say I have CUBE_A and CUBE_B and a CAMERA (at some pre-specified position), and CUBE_A and CUBE_B are located in the scene such that CUBE_A is in front of (and blocks the visibility of) CUBE_B.
Let’s say then that I want to allow the user to perform a translation on CUBE_B but before doing so test whether the visibility of CUBE_A will change as a result.
So, if I move CUBE_B in front of CUBE_A, CUBE_A will no longer be visible, and in such a case, this translation of CUBE_B is not allowed.
More specifically, I want to test not only whether CUBE_A is still visible but whether the same portion of CUBE_A is visible (since there may be cases of partial visibility blocking).
I was thinking one way to achieve this might be to render an alpha image of CUBE_A where the portion of the cube that is visible to the camera is white and everything else is black. Then compare this image with another alpha image of CUBE_A after the translation of CUBE_B and if the two alpha images are the same, then the translation of CUBE_B is legal.
There may be another way to do this, can anyone provide guidance? Thanks!