psychtoolbox-3-common 3.0.11.20140816.dfsg1-1 / usr / share / psychtoolbox-3 / PsychDemos / ECVP2013 / HelloAnimationDemo.m

% HelloAnimationDemo -- Show a simple sinusoidal movement animation.

% Derived from code written by Peter Scarfe.

PsychDefaultSetup(2);

% Get the screen numbers
screens = Screen('Screens');

% Draw to the external screen if avaliable
screenNumber = max(screens);

% Define black and white
white = WhiteIndex(screenNumber);
black = BlackIndex(screenNumber);

% Open an on screen window
[window, windowRect] = PsychImaging('OpenWindow', screenNumber, black);

% Get the size of the on screen window
[screenXpixels, screenYpixels] = Screen('WindowSize', window);

% Query the frame duration
ifi = Screen('GetFlipInterval', window);

% Get the centre coordinate of the window
[xCenter, yCenter] = RectCenter(windowRect);

% Make a base Rect of 200 by 200 pixels
baseRect = [0 0 200 200];

% Set the color of the rect to red
rectColor = [1 0 0];

% Our square will oscilate with a sine wave function to the left and right
% of the screen. These are the parameters for the sine wave
% See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sine_wave
amplitude = screenXpixels * 0.25;
frequency = 0.2;
angFreq = 2 * pi * frequency;
startPhase = 0;
time = 0;

% Sync us and get a time stamp
vbl = Screen('Flip', window);
waitframes = 1;

% Maximum priority level
topPriorityLevel = MaxPriority(window);
Priority(topPriorityLevel);

KbReleaseWait;

% Loop the animation until a key is pressed
while ~KbCheck

    % Position of the square on this frame
    xpos = amplitude * sin(angFreq * time + startPhase);

    % Add this position to the screen center coordinate. This is the point
    % we want our square to oscillate around
    squareXpos = xCenter + xpos;

    % Center the rectangle on the centre of the screen
    centeredRect = CenterRectOnPointd(baseRect, squareXpos, yCenter);

    % Draw the rect to the screen
    Screen('FillRect', window, rectColor, centeredRect);

    % Flip to the screen
    vbl  = Screen('Flip', window, vbl + (waitframes - 0.5) * ifi);

    % Increment the time
    time = time + ifi;

end

% Clear the screen
sca;