Is there a way, plugin or idea to give the THREE.js OrbitControls the effect of inertia when spinning?

I would like to spin a world-sphere with some damping like this: .js/Polyhedra.html

The original OrbitControls behaviour looks like this:

Is there a way, plugin or idea to give the THREE.js OrbitControls the effect of inertia when spinning?

I would like to spin a world-sphere with some damping like this: http://stemkoski.github.io/Three.js/Polyhedra.html

The original OrbitControls behaviour looks like this: http://threejs.org/examples/#misc_controls_orbit

• javascript
• three.js
• orbitcontrols

• Damping is not a feature of OrbitControls in r.71. You can use TrackballControls if you want. – WestLangley Commented Aug 18, 2015 at 0:39
• 2 The damping feature has now been added in the r.72dev branch of three.js: github.com/mrdoob/three.js/pull/7016. – WestLangley Commented Aug 19, 2015 at 13:25
• 1 Great! You (and Mr.Doob & all the other people working on three.js) are awesome. Thanks for this information. – Marcel Ennix Commented Aug 19, 2015 at 15:00

1 Answer 1

OrbitControls now supports damping / inertia.

controls = new THREE.OrbitControls( camera, renderer.domElement );
controls.enableDamping = true;
controls.dampingFactor = 0.05;

Then in your animation loop add

controls.update(); // required if controls.enableDamping = true, or if controls.autoRotate = true

three.js r.108