BasicCameraControl

Basic Camera Control

Code Name: BasicCameraControl

Description

This examples draws a cube to the screen and rotates it constantly. But this time also has a camera that controlling with WASD keys and mouse. With this camera you can move around the scene as you wish.

Output

Controls

Input	Action
W/A/S/D	Move the camera
Mouse	Look around with the camera
Esc	Close the window

Application Parameters

Settings

Parameter / Key	Type	Usage in Code	Description	Default Value
AppSettings.ClearColor	VkClearColorValue	AppSettings::ClearColor	Background color of the screen
AppSettings.MouseSensitivity	float	AppSettings::MouseSensitivity	Mouse sensitivity value
AppSettings.CameraSpeed	float	AppSettings::CameraSpeed	Speed of the camera

Learning Objectives

• Moving in the scene with using keyboard and mouse
• Creating a virtual camera with changing the MVP matrix
• Basic input system implementation

Shader Status

Shader Type	Status	Notes
GLSL	✅
HLSL	✅
Slang	✅

Theoretical Background

None

Extensions Used

Instance

Window system-dependent extensions:

• VK_KHR_surface
• VK_KHR_win32_surface (Windows)

Device

• VK_KHR_swapchain