Add worldToDisplayCoordinates method

src/graphics/rendering/renderer/context-aware-renderer.ts

@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ export class ContextAwareRenderer implements Renderer {
     );
   }
 
+  public worldToDisplayCoordinates(worldCoordinates: vec2): vec2 {
+    return this.handle(
+      () => this.renderer.worldToDisplayCoordinates(worldCoordinates),
+      vec2.create()
+    );
+  }
+
   public renderDrawables(): void {
     return this.handle(() => this.renderer.renderDrawables(), undefined);
   }

src/graphics/rendering/renderer/renderer-implementation.ts

@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ export class RendererImplementation implements Renderer {
     return this.uniformsProvider.screenToWorldPosition(displayCoordinates);
   }
 
+  public worldToDisplayCoordinates(worldCoordinates: vec2): vec2 {
+    return this.uniformsProvider.worldToDisplayCoordinates(worldCoordinates);
+  }
+
   public setViewArea(topLeft: vec2, size: vec2) {
     this.uniformsProvider.setViewArea(topLeft, size);
   }

src/graphics/rendering/renderer/renderer.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ export interface Renderer {
   setViewArea(topLeft: vec2, size: vec2): void;
 
   /**
-   * Return the world coordinates from a pixel's position.
+   * The inverse of `worldToDisplayCoordinates`, returns the world coordinates
+   * from a pixel's position.
    *
    * The view area coordinates are also given in world coordinates.
    *
@@ -41,6 +42,17 @@ export interface Renderer {
    */
   displayToWorldCoordinates(displayCoordinates: vec2): vec2;
 
+  /**
+   * The inverse of `displayToWorldCoordinates`, returns the screen space position
+   * of a point given in world space cooridnates.
+   *
+   * While the origin for worldCoordinates resides in the bottom-left corner,
+   * the origin of the returned display coordinates is placed in the top left.
+   *
+   * @param worldCoordinates Coordinates used when drawing objects.
+   */
+  worldToDisplayCoordinates(worldCoordinates: vec2): vec2;
+
   /**
    * Patch the current runtime settings with new values.
    * @param overrides

src/graphics/rendering/uniforms-provider.ts

@@ -71,21 +71,28 @@ export class UniformsProvider {
   }
 
   public screenToWorldPosition(screenPosition: vec2): vec2 {
+    const transform = this.calculateScreenToWorldTransformation();
+    return vec2.transformMat2d(vec2.create(), screenPosition, transform);
+  }
+
+  public worldToDisplayCoordinates(worldCoordinates: vec2): vec2 {
+    const transform = this.calculateScreenToWorldTransformation();
+    mat2d.invert(transform, transform);
+    return vec2.transformMat2d(vec2.create(), worldCoordinates, transform);
+  }
+
+  private calculateScreenToWorldTransformation(): mat2d {
     const { width, height } = (this.gl
       .canvas as HTMLCanvasElement).getBoundingClientRect();
-
-    const position = vec2.fromValues(screenPosition.x, height - screenPosition.y);
     const resolution = vec2.fromValues(width, height);
 
     const transform = mat2d.fromTranslation(mat2d.create(), this.viewAreaBottomLeft);
-
     mat2d.scale(
       transform,
       transform,
       vec2.divide(vec2.create(), this.worldAreaInView, resolution)
     );
-    mat2d.translate(transform, transform, vec2.fromValues(0.5, 0.5));
+    mat2d.translate(transform, transform, vec2.fromValues(0.5, height - 0.5));
-
+    return mat2d.scale(transform, transform, vec2.fromValues(1, -1));
-    return vec2.transformMat2d(vec2.create(), position, transform);
   }
 }