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Finding the camera view and camera direction

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5/5
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Over a week
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25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp, python

Research direction

Start by reviewing the repository's camera and viewer APIs to determine whether camera position and direction are currently exposed. Clarify the intended C++ and Python-facing behavior, then define done as a documented way to read both values for view-dependent application logic.

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Description

Hey, there

I am wondering: is there the option to get the camera position and direction somehow. I mean so one could for instance change the color of an object depending on from where one looks at it? If so, I couldn't find it anywhere. It be very cool if there was such a feature

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