mat4-to-dual-quat

Convert a 4x4 matrix into a dual quaternion. Useful for skeletal animation

Background / Initial Motivation

This module was made to help with dual quaternion linear blending.

To Install

$ npm install --save mat4-to-dual-quat

Usage

var mat4ToDualQuat = require('mat4-to-dual-quat')
 
var dualQuat = mat4ToDualQuat([1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1])
 
console.log(dualQuat)
// [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0]
// The first 4 elements are the rotation quaternion
// The last 4 elements are they translation quaternion

API

mat4ToDualQuat(matrix) -> Array[8]

matrix

Requred

Type: Array[16]

The 4x4 matrix that you would like to convert into a dual quaternion

See Also

• skeletal-animation-system

References

• http://cs.gmu.edu/~jmlien/teaching/cs451/uploads/Main/dual-quaternion.pdf
  • 4x4 matrix to dual quaternion formula is in Section 7.1.6

License

MIT