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Date Published
Author
Liza Shulyayeva
Word count
3119
Language
English
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None

Summary

This world is set up using PixiJS as its rendering framework, allowing for efficient rendering of 2D graphics. The World class is instantiated when a room is joined, and it sets up the basic structure for the world, including a frame that will be visible to users, and several containers for holding user sprites and focus zones. The World's update loop processes texture queues, updates robots (Daily's automated WebDriver instances), and processes the local user's interaction with other users in the world. Navigation is handled through an update method that checks for movement, collision with objects, and updates the local user's position accordingly. When the local user moves, their new position data is sent to other participants using a broadcast function. Users can receive this data and move themselves to the same coordinates if they are in the global zone or if they have zonemates in specific zones such as desks or broadcast spots.