MovingTextDemoCode

% Clear the workspace and the screen
close all;
clear;
sca

% Here we call some default settings for setting up Psychtoolbox
PsychDefaultSetup(2);

% Get the screen numbers
screens = Screen('Screens');

% Select the external screen if it is present, else revert to the native
% screen
screenNumber = max(screens);

% Define black, white and grey
black = BlackIndex(screenNumber);
white = WhiteIndex(screenNumber);
grey = white / 2;

% Open an on screen window and color it grey
[window, windowRect] = PsychImaging('OpenWindow', screenNumber, black);

% Query the frame duration
ifi = Screen('GetFlipInterval', window);

% Set the blend funciton for the screen
Screen('BlendFunction', window, 'GL_SRC_ALPHA', 'GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA');

% Get the size of the on screen window in pixels
% For help see: Screen WindowSize?
[screenXpixels, screenYpixels] = Screen('WindowSize', window);

Screen('TextSize', window, 90);

% Get the centre coordinate of the window in pixels
% For help see: help RectCenter
[xCenter, yCenter] = RectCenter(windowRect);

% Our text will oscilate with a sine wave function to the left and right
% of the screen. These are the parameters for the sine wave
% See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sine_wave
amplitude = screenXpixels * 0.2;
frequency = 0.2;
angFreq = 2 * pi * frequency;
time = 0;

% Our two text strings will be pi out of phase
startPhaseOne = 0;
startPhaseTwo = pi;

% Sync us and get a time stamp
vbl = Screen('Flip', window);
waitframes = 1;

% Maximum priority level
topPriorityLevel = MaxPriority(window);
Priority(topPriorityLevel);

% Loop the animation until a key is pressed
while ~KbCheck

    % Position of the two text strings on this frame
    xposOne = amplitude * sin(angFreq * time + startPhaseOne);
    xposTwo = amplitude * sin(angFreq * time + startPhaseTwo);

    % Add this position to the screen center coordinate.
    squareXposOne = xCenter + xposOne;
    squareXposTwo = xCenter + xposTwo;

    % Draw the text to the screen
    DrawFormattedText(window, 'Hello World', squareXposOne,...
        screenYpixels * 0.25, [1 0 0]);
    DrawFormattedText(window, 'Hello World', squareXposTwo,...
        screenYpixels * 0.75, [1 0 1]);

    % Flip to the screen
    vbl  = Screen('Flip', window, vbl + (waitframes - 0.5) * ifi);

    % Increment the time
    time = time + ifi;

end

% Clear the screen
sca;