[page:Object3D] →

[name]

A sprite is a plane in an 3d scene which faces always towards the camera.

Sprites do not cast shadows, setting castShadow = true will have no effect.

Example


                var map = new THREE.TextureLoader().load( "sprite.png" );
                var material = new THREE.SpriteMaterial( { map: map, color: 0xffffff, fog: true } );
                var sprite = new THREE.Sprite( material );
                scene.add( sprite );

Constructor

[name]( [page:Material material] )

material — An instance of [page:Material] (optional).

This creates a new sprite with an specific material.

Properties

[property:SpriteMaterial material]

An instance of [page:Material], defining the object's appearance. Default is a [page:SpriteMaterial] which is a white plane.

Methods

[method:Sprite clone]()

Returns a clone of this Sprite object and its descendants.

Source

[link:https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/blob/master/src/[path].js src/[path].js]