---
title: "3DARCH-FT-15 — Change viewpoint and look around naturally"
description: "Enable a user to choose first- or third-person viewing and control the view without the camera passing through nearby scene geometry."
---

# Change viewpoint and look around naturally

| Feature | Parent Epic | Delivery status | Status source | Owner | Approved for Solution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `3DARCH-FT-15` | [3DARCH-EP-3 — Navigate and Explore the Virtual Workplace](../../3darch-ep-3.md) | `IN_BACKLOG` | `EXACT` | 3D Architecture Wizzard team | No |

## Description

Enable a user to choose first- or third-person viewing and control the view without the camera passing through nearby scene geometry.

## User or operator problem

Users need viewpoints suited to navigation and orientation without camera obstruction by nearby geometry.

## Expected value

Improves spatial awareness while limiting camera clipping and overlay input conflicts.

## Scope

Includes first/third-person switching, sensitivity-aware mouse look, obstruction-aware third-person distance, and predictable pointer capture.

### Exclusions

- VR/controller navigation and generated-apartment review are excluded.

## Acceptance outcomes

- [ ] The user can switch between supported camera modes.
- [ ] Mouse input controls the view at the configured sensitivity.
- [ ] Third-person camera distance responds to obstructing geometry.
- [ ] Pointer capture and release behave predictably around overlays and settings.

## Dependencies

- [3DARCH-FT-12 — Discover and retain personal controls](../../3darch-ep-2/features/3darch-ft-12.md)
- [3DARCH-FT-14 — Move through a collision-aware 3D workplace](./3darch-ft-14.md)

## Risks

- Third-person camera constraints and overlay pointer capture have legacy edge cases.

## Human approval

Linas approved this Feature for documentation on 2026-09-02T10:40:43.220Z. It is **not Approved for Solution** and has no implementation approval.

- [Documentation decision](https://discord.com/channels/1518726359512387766/1543925247361814568/1544658325738885201)

## Delivery status evidence

The Feature was separately registered at `IN_BACKLOG` as an accepted catalogue boundary. This records backlog retention, not design or delivery progress.

- Event: Catalogue registration
- Actor and authority: Linas — Human project team member
- Reason: The Feature catalogue was accepted for governed documentation and retained in the backlog.
- [Status evidence](https://discord.com/channels/1518726359512387766/1543925247361814568/1544658325738885201)

## Architecture traceability

- Requirements: none derived.
- Readiness: Not started.

Architecture solution work must not begin until a separate human **Approved for Solution** decision is recorded.

## Tasks

[Review the Tasks group](./3darch-ft-15/tasks.md). No canonical implementation Tasks have been defined.

## Original source

- [Discord – Scope – Linas: original Feature request](https://discord.com/channels/1518726359512387766/1543925247361814568/1544647879111483562)
- [Discord – Scope – Linas: proceed with documented mapping](https://discord.com/channels/1518726359512387766/1543925247361814568/1544658325738885201)

### Legacy implementation evidence

The Feature boundary was mined from legacy revision `c0ced47ecaf4426f47e5c2e4868677f7144b951a`.

- [`apps/nebula/src/hooks/usePlayerCamera.ts`](https://gitea.lego-cloud.eu/corp-v1-3darch-legacy/corp-v1-3darch-legacy/src/commit/c0ced47ecaf4426f47e5c2e4868677f7144b951a/apps/nebula/src/hooks/usePlayerCamera.ts)
- [`apps/nebula/src/hooks/useMouseControls.ts`](https://gitea.lego-cloud.eu/corp-v1-3darch-legacy/corp-v1-3darch-legacy/src/commit/c0ced47ecaf4426f47e5c2e4868677f7144b951a/apps/nebula/src/hooks/useMouseControls.ts)
- [`packages/utils/constants/src/controls.ts`](https://gitea.lego-cloud.eu/corp-v1-3darch-legacy/corp-v1-3darch-legacy/src/commit/c0ced47ecaf4426f47e5c2e4868677f7144b951a/packages/utils/constants/src/controls.ts)