Importing and managing animated models
To finish this chapter with a cool demo, let's discuss how to animate characters or 3D models, in general.
How 3D animated models work
If you remember, each vertex of a 3D model is computed to be projected on the screen by a vertex shader. In fact, the animated 3D models (such as a character) are also animated with the associated hierarchy of bones (the hierarchy is called Skeleton). Animated 3D models are also called Skinned Meshes. In 3D engines, the bones are invisible nodes that are animated (BABYLON.Animation) to be sent to the vertex shader associated with the 3D model. In other words, the transformation of each bone is sent to the vertex shader and is applied to the associated vertices.
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