Hi folks,
I’ve been struggling with how to use quaternions for rotation.
I found a boiler-plate routine that converts [x,y,z,w]
to a rotation matrix.
I had thought that by altering the angle “w” linearly,
e.g. based on the position of the mouse pointer on
the display, I could cause a linear rotation to occur
about the axis [x y z], which I’ve preset to [0 1 0].
However this has proved to be. The rotation is not linear at all.
I set w to be proportional to the mouse’s x value, and
then I normalize [x y z w].
What I observe unfortunately is that rotation slows down
toward 180 degrees in either direction.
Can anyone explain why this happens?
Thanks.