diff -r 000000000000 -r 1918ee327afb demos/boxes/trackball.cpp
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+
+#include "trackball.h"
+#include "scene.h"
+
+//============================================================================//
+//                                  TrackBall                                 //
+//============================================================================//
+
+TrackBall::TrackBall(TrackMode mode)
+    : m_angularVelocity(0)
+    , m_paused(false)
+    , m_pressed(false)
+    , m_mode(mode)
+{
+    m_axis = QVector3D(0, 1, 0);
+    m_rotation = QQuaternion();
+    m_lastTime = QTime::currentTime();
+}
+
+TrackBall::TrackBall(float angularVelocity, const QVector3D& axis, TrackMode mode)
+    : m_axis(axis)
+    , m_angularVelocity(angularVelocity)
+    , m_paused(false)
+    , m_pressed(false)
+    , m_mode(mode)
+{
+    m_rotation = QQuaternion();
+    m_lastTime = QTime::currentTime();
+}
+
+void TrackBall::push(const QPointF& p, const QQuaternion &)
+{
+    m_rotation = rotation();
+    m_pressed = true;
+    m_lastTime = QTime::currentTime();
+    m_lastPos = p;
+    m_angularVelocity = 0.0f;
+}
+
+void TrackBall::move(const QPointF& p, const QQuaternion &transformation)
+{
+    if (!m_pressed)
+        return;
+
+    QTime currentTime = QTime::currentTime();
+    int msecs = m_lastTime.msecsTo(currentTime);
+    if (msecs <= 20)
+        return;
+
+    switch (m_mode) {
+    case Plane:
+        {
+            QLineF delta(m_lastPos, p);
+            m_angularVelocity = 180*delta.length() / (PI*msecs);
+            m_axis = QVector3D(-delta.dy(), delta.dx(), 0.0f).normalized();
+            m_axis = transformation.rotateVector(m_axis);
+            m_rotation = QQuaternion::fromAxisAndAngle(m_axis, 180 / PI * delta.length()) * m_rotation;
+        }
+        break;
+    case Sphere:
+        {
+            QVector3D lastPos3D = QVector3D(m_lastPos.x(), m_lastPos.y(), 0.0f);
+            float sqrZ = 1 - QVector3D::dotProduct(lastPos3D, lastPos3D);
+            if (sqrZ > 0)
+                lastPos3D.setZ(sqrt(sqrZ));
+            else
+                lastPos3D.normalize();
+
+            QVector3D currentPos3D = QVector3D(p.x(), p.y(), 0.0f);
+            sqrZ = 1 - QVector3D::dotProduct(currentPos3D, currentPos3D);
+            if (sqrZ > 0)
+                currentPos3D.setZ(sqrt(sqrZ));
+            else
+                currentPos3D.normalize();
+
+            m_axis = QVector3D::crossProduct(lastPos3D, currentPos3D);
+            float angle = 180 / PI * asin(sqrt(QVector3D::dotProduct(m_axis, m_axis)));
+
+            m_angularVelocity = angle / msecs;
+            m_axis.normalize();
+            m_axis = transformation.rotateVector(m_axis);
+            m_rotation = QQuaternion::fromAxisAndAngle(m_axis, angle) * m_rotation;
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+
+
+    m_lastPos = p;
+    m_lastTime = currentTime;
+}
+
+void TrackBall::release(const QPointF& p, const QQuaternion &transformation)
+{
+    // Calling move() caused the rotation to stop if the framerate was too low.
+    move(p, transformation);
+    m_pressed = false;
+}
+
+void TrackBall::start()
+{
+    m_lastTime = QTime::currentTime();
+    m_paused = false;
+}
+
+void TrackBall::stop()
+{
+    m_rotation = rotation();
+    m_paused = true;
+}
+
+QQuaternion TrackBall::rotation() const
+{
+    if (m_paused || m_pressed)
+        return m_rotation;
+
+    QTime currentTime = QTime::currentTime();
+    float angle = m_angularVelocity * m_lastTime.msecsTo(currentTime);
+    return QQuaternion::fromAxisAndAngle(m_axis, angle) * m_rotation;
+}
+