From eac144f35476762dfb6d99155320d22a00445b69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seth Alves <seth.alves@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 09:52:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] experimenting

---
 interface/src/avatar/AvatarActionHold.cpp | 9 ++++++++-
 interface/src/avatar/AvatarActionHold.h   | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/AvatarActionHold.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/AvatarActionHold.cpp
index 1babb478b8..2baaae6ee4 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/AvatarActionHold.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/AvatarActionHold.cpp
@@ -204,8 +204,15 @@ void AvatarActionHold::doKinematicUpdate(float deltaTimeStep) {
     }
 
     withWriteLock([&]{
+        if (_previousSet) {
+            _measuredLinearVelocity = (_positionalTarget - _previousPositionalTarget) / deltaTimeStep;
+        } else {
+            _measuredLinearVelocity = glm::vec3();
+        }
+
         if (_kinematicSetVelocity) {
-            rigidBody->setLinearVelocity(glmToBullet(_linearVelocityTarget));
+            // rigidBody->setLinearVelocity(glmToBullet(_linearVelocityTarget));
+            rigidBody->setLinearVelocity(glmToBullet(_measuredLinearVelocity));
             rigidBody->setAngularVelocity(glmToBullet(_angularVelocityTarget));
         }
 
diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/AvatarActionHold.h b/interface/src/avatar/AvatarActionHold.h
index 609fd57ff3..e246ac5f36 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/AvatarActionHold.h
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/AvatarActionHold.h
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ private:
     glm::vec3 _palmOffsetFromRigidBody;
     // leaving this here for future refernece.
     // glm::quat _palmRotationFromRigidBody;
+
+    glm::vec3 _measuredLinearVelocity;
 };
 
 #endif // hifi_AvatarActionHold_h