SceneDOM

This library represents a 3D world as an XML DOM. It's used by SceneVR as its main world representation; this library is designed to be used on either a web client or a NodeJS server.

Usage

Install the library from NPM:

npm install scene-dom

Once you have the

var SceneDOM = require('scene-dom');

SceneDOM has the following properties:

• createDocument(): create a new DOM document
• Vector: constructor for new Vectors, used for attributes such as position & scaling on DOM elements
• Euler: constructor for new Vectors, used for the rotation attribute on DOM elements

This is a simple usage example:

var SceneDOM = require('scene-dom');
var Vector = require('scene-dom').Vector;
var Euler = require('scene-dom').Euler;

var doc = SceneDOM.createDocument();
doc.load(‘my-scene.xml');

var box = document.createElement(‘box’);
doc.scene.appendChild(box);

box.position = new Vector(1,2,3);
box.rotation = new Euler(0,Math.PI/2,0);

Document methods

`document.load(filename)`: Load a scene from an XML file
`document.createElement(tagName)`: Create a new SceneDOM element

Element lookup

`document.getElementByID(id)`: Get an element by HTML ID
`document.getElementByUUID(uuid)`: Get an element by UUID, used for syncing elements between client/server

Element types

SceneDOM comes with the following elements:

• <audio>: An audio element
• <billboard>: A picture or HTML page rendered in-scene
• <box>: A rectangular prism
• <fog>: Distance fog details
• <link>: A connection to another world
• <model>: An imported 3D model
• <plane>: An infinite plane
• <player>: Avatar of a player
• <scene>: The root scene node, which contains all other elements
• <script>: JavaScript executed within the scene, to give it behavior
• <skybox>: Skybox details
• <spawn>: The spawn location for new players