protected void initScene() {
      DirectionalLight light = new DirectionalLight(0, -.6f, .4f);
      light.setPower(1);
      getCurrentScene().addLight(light);

      // -- create sky sphere
      mSphere = new Sphere(400, 8, 8);
      Material sphereMaterial = new Material();
      try {
        sphereMaterial.addTexture(new Texture("skySphere", R.drawable.skysphere));
      } catch (TextureException e1) {
        e1.printStackTrace();
      }
      mSphere.setMaterial(sphereMaterial);
      mSphere.setDoubleSided(true);
      addChild(mSphere);

      try {
        // -- load gzipped serialized object
        ObjectInputStream ois;
        GZIPInputStream zis =
            new GZIPInputStream(mContext.getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.raptor));
        ois = new ObjectInputStream(zis);
        mRaptor = new Object3D((SerializedObject3D) ois.readObject());
        Material raptorMaterial = new Material();
        raptorMaterial.setDiffuseMethod(new DiffuseMethod.Lambert());
        raptorMaterial.enableLighting(true);
        raptorMaterial.addTexture(new Texture("raptorTex", R.drawable.raptor_texture));
        mRaptor.setMaterial(raptorMaterial);
        mRaptor.setScale(.5f);
        addChild(mRaptor);
      } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      }

      // -- create a bunch of cubes that will serve as orientation helpers

      mCubes = new Object3D[30];

      mRootCube = new Cube(1);
      Material rootCubeMaterial = new Material();
      rootCubeMaterial.setDiffuseMethod(new DiffuseMethod.Lambert());
      rootCubeMaterial.enableLighting(true);
      try {
        rootCubeMaterial.addTexture(new Texture("camouflage", R.drawable.camouflage));
      } catch (TextureException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      }
      mRootCube.setMaterial(rootCubeMaterial);
      mRootCube.setY(-1f);
      // -- similar objects with the same material, optimize
      mRootCube.setRenderChildrenAsBatch(true);
      addChild(mRootCube);
      mCubes[0] = mRootCube;

      for (int i = 1; i < mCubes.length; ++i) {
        Object3D cube = mRootCube.clone(true);
        cube.setY(-1f);
        cube.setZ(i * 30);
        mRootCube.addChild(cube);
        mCubes[i] = cube;
      }

      // -- create a chase camera
      // the first parameter is the camera offset
      // the second parameter is the interpolation factor
      ChaseCamera chaseCamera = new ChaseCamera(new Vector3(0, 3, 16), .1f);
      // -- tell the camera which object to chase
      chaseCamera.setObjectToChase(mRaptor);
      // -- set the far plane to 1000 so that we actually see the sky sphere
      chaseCamera.setFarPlane(1000);
      replaceAndSwitchCamera(chaseCamera, 0);
    }