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# Objective Partially address #13408 Rework of #13613 Unify the very nice forms of interpolation specifically present in `bevy_math` under a shared trait upon which further behavior can be based. The ideas in this PR were prompted by [Lerp smoothing is broken by Freya Holmer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSNQuFEDOyQ). ## Solution There is a new trait `StableInterpolate` in `bevy_math::common_traits` which enshrines a quite-specific notion of interpolation with a lot of guarantees: ```rust /// A type with a natural interpolation that provides strong subdivision guarantees. /// /// Although the only required method is `interpolate_stable`, many things are expected of it: /// /// 1. The notion of interpolation should follow naturally from the semantics of the type, so /// that inferring the interpolation mode from the type alone is sensible. /// /// 2. The interpolation recovers something equivalent to the starting value at `t = 0.0` /// and likewise with the ending value at `t = 1.0`. /// /// 3. Importantly, the interpolation must be *subdivision-stable*: for any interpolation curve /// between two (unnamed) values and any parameter-value pairs `(t0, p)` and `(t1, q)`, the /// interpolation curve between `p` and `q` must be the *linear* reparametrization of the original /// interpolation curve restricted to the interval `[t0, t1]`. /// /// The last of these conditions is very strong and indicates something like constant speed. It /// is called "subdivision stability" because it guarantees that breaking up the interpolation /// into segments and joining them back together has no effect. /// /// Here is a diagram depicting it: /// ```text /// top curve = u.interpolate_stable(v, t) /// /// t0 => p t1 => q /// |-------------|---------|-------------| /// 0 => u / \ 1 => v /// / \ /// / \ /// / linear \ /// / reparametrization \ /// / t = t0 * (1 - s) + t1 * s \ /// / \ /// |-------------------------------------| /// 0 => p 1 => q /// /// bottom curve = p.interpolate_stable(q, s) /// ``` /// /// Note that some common forms of interpolation do not satisfy this criterion. For example, /// [`Quat::lerp`] and [`Rot2::nlerp`] are not subdivision-stable. /// /// Furthermore, this is not to be used as a general trait for abstract interpolation. /// Consumers rely on the strong guarantees in order for behavior based on this trait to be /// well-behaved. /// /// [`Quat::lerp`]: crate::Quat::lerp /// [`Rot2::nlerp`]: crate::Rot2::nlerp pub trait StableInterpolate: Clone { /// Interpolate between this value and the `other` given value using the parameter `t`. /// Note that the parameter `t` is not necessarily clamped to lie between `0` and `1`. /// When `t = 0.0`, `self` is recovered, while `other` is recovered at `t = 1.0`, /// with intermediate values lying between the two. fn interpolate_stable(&self, other: &Self, t: f32) -> Self; } ``` This trait has a blanket implementation over `NormedVectorSpace`, where `lerp` is used, along with implementations for `Rot2`, `Quat`, and the direction types using variants of `slerp`. Other areas may choose to implement this trait in order to hook into its functionality, but the stringent requirements must actually be met. This trait bears no direct relationship with `bevy_animation`'s `Animatable` trait, although they may choose to use `interpolate_stable` in their trait implementations if they wish, as both traits involve type-inferred interpolations of the same kind. `StableInterpolate` is not a supertrait of `Animatable` for a couple reasons: 1. Notions of interpolation in animation are generally going to be much more general than those allowed under these constraints. 2. Laying out these generalized interpolation notions is the domain of `bevy_animation` rather than of `bevy_math`. (Consider also that inferring interpolation from types is not universally desirable.) Similarly, this is not implemented on `bevy_color`'s color types, although their current mixing behavior does meet the conditions of the trait. As an aside, the subdivision-stability condition is of interest specifically for the [Curve RFC](https://github.com/bevyengine/rfcs/pull/80), where it also ensures a kind of stability for subsampling. Importantly, this trait ensures that the "smooth following" behavior defined in this PR behaves predictably: ```rust /// Smoothly nudge this value towards the `target` at a given decay rate. The `decay_rate` /// parameter controls how fast the distance between `self` and `target` decays relative to /// the units of `delta`; the intended usage is for `decay_rate` to generally remain fixed, /// while `delta` is something like `delta_time` from an updating system. This produces a /// smooth following of the target that is independent of framerate. /// /// More specifically, when this is called repeatedly, the result is that the distance between /// `self` and a fixed `target` attenuates exponentially, with the rate of this exponential /// decay given by `decay_rate`. /// /// For example, at `decay_rate = 0.0`, this has no effect. /// At `decay_rate = f32::INFINITY`, `self` immediately snaps to `target`. /// In general, higher rates mean that `self` moves more quickly towards `target`. /// /// # Example /// ``` /// # use bevy_math::{Vec3, StableInterpolate}; /// # let delta_time: f32 = 1.0 / 60.0; /// let mut object_position: Vec3 = Vec3::ZERO; /// let target_position: Vec3 = Vec3::new(2.0, 3.0, 5.0); /// // Decay rate of ln(10) => after 1 second, remaining distance is 1/10th /// let decay_rate = f32::ln(10.0); /// // Calling this repeatedly will move `object_position` towards `target_position`: /// object_position.smooth_nudge(&target_position, decay_rate, delta_time); /// ``` fn smooth_nudge(&mut self, target: &Self, decay_rate: f32, delta: f32) { self.interpolate_stable_assign(target, 1.0 - f32::exp(-decay_rate * delta)); } ``` As the documentation indicates, the intention is for this to be called in game update systems, and `delta` would be something like `Time::delta_seconds` in Bevy, allowing positions, orientations, and so on to smoothly follow a target. A new example, `smooth_follow`, demonstrates a basic implementation of this, with a sphere smoothly following a sharply moving target: https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/assets/2975848/7124b28b-6361-47e3-acf7-d1578ebd0347 ## Testing Tested by running the example with various parameters. |
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