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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Z is depth. Why should it ever be up? Honest question.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Camera space vs world space.

Personally z up is the only one that makes sense.

[–] egerlach 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It depends if you view the X-Y plane as the camera/viewport/screen or the ground. If X-Y is the ground, then Z is either up or down.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Ahh ofc

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

For cameras, the convention is Z depth but right handed: