Weekly Report 5

GSoC Week 6 - Qt3D based backend for KStars

In the sixth week of GSoC, I worked on adding mouseevents and integrate the custom qt3d window with existing skymap

What’s done this week

• Shaders for panning and zooming.

• camera controller in custom window.

The Challenges

• Integration issues with the original SkyPainter API written to support multiple backends.

• Use of new custom camera controller and view matrix.

• Zooming and focus for deep star objects.

What remains

My priorities for the next week include.

• Adding remaining skymap events.

• Writing 3d calls for skymapcomposite.

• Debug deep star objects and get started with other sky objects.

The Code

• Celestial Sphere Prototype
• My fork for KStars