Animating Objects

In this lesson, we’ll learn how to add animations to A-Frame objects using the built-in animation component. Animations can add interactivity and visual interest to XR experiences and can be used to create a variety of effects, such as movement, rotation, and scaling.

The animation component allows us to modify the following:

• Component values such as position, rotation, and scale

• Component property values such as light.intensity

We’ll learn about the application of the animation component by modifying both the components and the components’ properties.

Adding the animation component

The animation component is a built-in component in A-Frame that allows us to create and control animations in our VR/AR scene. To add the animation component to an object, we simply need to include the animation attribute in the object’s HTML tag like this:

In this example, we’ve added the animation component to a box object and set its animation properties. The property attribute specifies the object’s property that we want to animate (in this case, its ...