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A variety of sensors detect user interactivity with a scene, allowing authors to
define animation responses in a device-independent, display-independent way.
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User interactivity is accomplished by sensing user actions, which create events that are sent via
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#ROUTE" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">ROUTE</a>
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Sensor output values are produced by
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#CylinderSensor" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">CylinderSensor</a>,
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#KeySensor" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">KeySensor</a>,
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#PlaneSensor" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">PlaneSensor</a></a>,
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#StringSensor" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">StringSensor</a>
and
<a href="https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/X3dTooltips.html#TouchSensor" target="X3dTooltips" title="X3D Tooltip">TouchSensor</a>
nodes.
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The supporting
<a href="https://x3dGraphics.com/slidesets/X3dForWebAuthors/Chapter08UserInteractivity.pdf" target="X3dChapterSlideset">Chapter 8 slideset</a>
and course videos
(<a href="https://www.movesinstitute.org/Video/Courses/X3dForWebAuthors/X3dForWebAuthorsVideo.html#8" target="X3dChapterVideos">NPS</a>,
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuSIsM-86sinqMN552yQfjaV_DKI53D7i" target="X3dChapterYouTubeVideos">YouTube</a>)
for <i>X3D for Web Authors</i> are available online via
<a href="https://x3dGraphics.com" target="_blank">X3dGraphics.com</a>.
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