Drei
useful helpers for react-three-fiber
Overview:
The content discusses the capabilities of the Drei library, which is a collection of helpful tools and fully functional components for @react-three/fiber. It provides features like various camera types such as PerspectiveCamera, OrthographicCamera, and CubeCamera, as well as controls like OrbitControls and FlyControls.
Features:
- PerspectiveCamera: A responsive camera that can set itself as the default, can have children follow it, and can be used to film contents into a RenderTarget.
- OrthographicCamera: A responsive camera similar to PerspectiveCamera but with an orthographic projection.
- CubeCamera: A camera that returns its texture as a render-prop and makes children invisible during rendering.
- Controls: Various controls like OrbitControls, MapControls, FlyControls, and more with default damping, managing updates, and compatibility with the frameloop feature.
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