diff --git a/src/viser/client/src/App.tsx b/src/viser/client/src/App.tsx
index 0653459c5..f5f5505d0 100644
--- a/src/viser/client/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/viser/client/src/App.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export type ViewerContextContents = {
   cameraRef: React.MutableRefObject<THREE.PerspectiveCamera | null>;
   backgroundMaterialRef: React.MutableRefObject<THREE.ShaderMaterial | null>;
   cameraControlRef: React.MutableRefObject<CameraControls | null>;
+  resetCameraViewRef: React.MutableRefObject<(() => void) | null>;
   // Scene node attributes.
   // This is intentionally placed outside of the Zustand state to reduce overhead.
   nodeAttributesFromName: React.MutableRefObject<{
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ function ViewerRoot() {
     cameraRef: React.useRef(null),
     backgroundMaterialRef: React.useRef(null),
     cameraControlRef: React.useRef(null),
+    resetCameraViewRef: React.useRef(null),
     // Scene node attributes that aren't placed in the zustand state for performance reasons.
     nodeAttributesFromName: React.useRef({}),
     messageQueueRef: React.useRef([]),
diff --git a/src/viser/client/src/CameraControls.tsx b/src/viser/client/src/CameraControls.tsx
index 58f4f9336..503ed7840 100644
--- a/src/viser/client/src/CameraControls.tsx
+++ b/src/viser/client/src/CameraControls.tsx
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ import { makeThrottledMessageSender } from "./WebsocketFunctions";
 import { CameraControls } from "@react-three/drei";
 import { useThree } from "@react-three/fiber";
 import * as holdEvent from "hold-event";
-import React, { useContext } from "react";
+import React, { useContext, useRef } from "react";
 import { PerspectiveCamera } from "three";
 import * as THREE from "three";
 
-/** OrbitControls, but synchronized with the server and other panels. */
 export function SynchronizedCameraControls() {
   const viewer = useContext(ViewerContext)!;
   const camera = useThree((state) => state.camera as PerspectiveCamera);
@@ -17,6 +16,30 @@ export function SynchronizedCameraControls() {
     20,
   );
 
+  // Helper for resetting camera poses.
+  const initialCameraRef = useRef<{
+    camera: PerspectiveCamera;
+    lookAt: THREE.Vector3;
+  } | null>(null);
+
+  viewer.resetCameraViewRef.current = () => {
+    viewer.cameraControlRef.current!.setLookAt(
+      initialCameraRef.current!.camera.position.x,
+      initialCameraRef.current!.camera.position.y,
+      initialCameraRef.current!.camera.position.z,
+      initialCameraRef.current!.lookAt.x,
+      initialCameraRef.current!.lookAt.y,
+      initialCameraRef.current!.lookAt.z,
+      true,
+    );
+    viewer.cameraRef.current!.up.set(
+      initialCameraRef.current!.camera.up.x,
+      initialCameraRef.current!.camera.up.y,
+      initialCameraRef.current!.camera.up.z,
+    );
+    viewer.cameraControlRef.current!.updateCameraUp();
+  };
+
   // Callback for sending cameras.
   const sendCamera = React.useCallback(() => {
     const three_camera = camera;
@@ -42,6 +65,15 @@ export function SynchronizedCameraControls() {
       .getTarget(new THREE.Vector3())
       .applyQuaternion(R_world_threeworld);
     const up = three_camera.up.clone().applyQuaternion(R_world_threeworld);
+
+    //Store initial camera values
+    if (initialCameraRef.current === null) {
+      initialCameraRef.current = {
+        camera: three_camera.clone(),
+        lookAt: camera_control.getTarget(new THREE.Vector3()),
+      };
+    }
+
     sendCameraThrottled({
       type: "ViewerCameraMessage",
       wxyz: [
@@ -61,6 +93,9 @@ export function SynchronizedCameraControls() {
     });
   }, [camera, sendCameraThrottled]);
 
+  //Camera Animation code
+  const animationId = useRef<number | null>(null);
+
   // Send camera for new connections.
   // We add a small delay to give the server time to add a callback.
   const connected = viewer.useGui((state) => state.websocketConnected);
@@ -77,13 +112,6 @@ export function SynchronizedCameraControls() {
   }, [camera]);
 
   // Keyboard controls.
-  //
-  // TODO: (critical) we should move this to the root component. Currently if
-  // we add 100 panes and remove 99 of them, we'll still have 100 event
-  // listeners. This should also be combined with some notion notion of the
-  // currently active pane, and only apply keyboard controls to that pane.
-  //
-  // Currently all panes listen to events all the time.
   React.useEffect(() => {
     const KEYCODE = {
       W: 87,
@@ -94,6 +122,9 @@ export function SynchronizedCameraControls() {
       ARROW_UP: 38,
       ARROW_RIGHT: 39,
       ARROW_DOWN: 40,
+      SPACE: " ",
+      Q: 81,
+      E: 69,
     };
     const cameraControls = viewer.cameraControlRef.current!;
 
@@ -101,17 +132,28 @@ export function SynchronizedCameraControls() {
     const aKey = new holdEvent.KeyboardKeyHold(KEYCODE.A, 20);
     const sKey = new holdEvent.KeyboardKeyHold(KEYCODE.S, 20);
     const dKey = new holdEvent.KeyboardKeyHold(KEYCODE.D, 20);
+    const qKey = new holdEvent.KeyboardKeyHold(KEYCODE.Q, 20);
+    const eKey = new holdEvent.KeyboardKeyHold(KEYCODE.E, 20);
+
+    // TODO: these event listeners are currently never removed, even if this
+    // component gets unmounted.
     aKey.addEventListener("holding", (event) => {
-      cameraControls.truck(-0.002 * event?.deltaTime, 0, false);
+      cameraControls.truck(-0.002 * event?.deltaTime, 0, true);
     });
     dKey.addEventListener("holding", (event) => {
-      cameraControls.truck(0.002 * event?.deltaTime, 0, false);
+      cameraControls.truck(0.002 * event?.deltaTime, 0, true);
     });
     wKey.addEventListener("holding", (event) => {
-      cameraControls.forward(0.002 * event?.deltaTime, false);
+      cameraControls.forward(0.002 * event?.deltaTime, true);
     });
     sKey.addEventListener("holding", (event) => {
-      cameraControls.forward(-0.002 * event?.deltaTime, false);
+      cameraControls.forward(-0.002 * event?.deltaTime, true);
+    });
+    qKey.addEventListener("holding", (event) => {
+      cameraControls.elevate(0.002 * event?.deltaTime, true);
+    });
+    eKey.addEventListener("holding", (event) => {
+      cameraControls.elevate(-0.002 * event?.deltaTime, true);
     });
 
     const leftKey = new holdEvent.KeyboardKeyHold(KEYCODE.ARROW_LEFT, 20);
@@ -120,14 +162,14 @@ export function SynchronizedCameraControls() {
     const downKey = new holdEvent.KeyboardKeyHold(KEYCODE.ARROW_DOWN, 20);
     leftKey.addEventListener("holding", (event) => {
       cameraControls.rotate(
-        -0.1 * THREE.MathUtils.DEG2RAD * event?.deltaTime,
+        -0.05 * THREE.MathUtils.DEG2RAD * event?.deltaTime,
         0,
         true,
       );
     });
     rightKey.addEventListener("holding", (event) => {
       cameraControls.rotate(
-        0.1 * THREE.MathUtils.DEG2RAD * event?.deltaTime,
+        0.05 * THREE.MathUtils.DEG2RAD * event?.deltaTime,
         0,
         true,
       );
@@ -150,7 +192,12 @@ export function SynchronizedCameraControls() {
     // TODO: we currently don't remove any event listeners. This is a bit messy
     // because KeyboardKeyHold attaches listeners directly to the
     // document/window; it's unclear if we can remove these.
-  });
+    return () => {
+      if (animationId.current !== null) {
+        cancelAnimationFrame(animationId.current);
+      }
+    };
+  }, [CameraControls]);
 
   return (
     <CameraControls
@@ -158,7 +205,7 @@ export function SynchronizedCameraControls() {
       minDistance={0.1}
       maxDistance={200.0}
       dollySpeed={0.3}
-      smoothTime={0.0}
+      smoothTime={0.05}
       draggingSmoothTime={0.0}
       onChange={sendCamera}
       makeDefault
diff --git a/src/viser/client/src/ControlPanel/ServerControls.tsx b/src/viser/client/src/ControlPanel/ServerControls.tsx
index bb45c5e25..1a8eb65a5 100644
--- a/src/viser/client/src/ControlPanel/ServerControls.tsx
+++ b/src/viser/client/src/ControlPanel/ServerControls.tsx
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import {
   Switch,
   TextInput,
 } from "@mantine/core";
+import { IconBrandGithub, IconHomeMove, IconPhoto } from "@tabler/icons-react";
 import { Box, Stats } from "@react-three/drei";
-import { IconBrandGithub, IconPhoto } from "@tabler/icons-react";
 import React from "react";
 import SceneTreeTable from "./SceneTreeTable";
 
@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@ export default function ServerControls() {
         >
           Export Canvas
         </Button>
+        <Button
+          onClick={() => {
+            viewer.resetCameraViewRef.current!();
+          }}
+          fullWidth
+          leftIcon={<IconHomeMove size="1rem" />}
+        >
+          Reset View
+        </Button>
         <Switch
           label="WebGL Statistics"
           onChange={(event) => {
diff --git a/src/viser/client/src/WebsocketInterface.tsx b/src/viser/client/src/WebsocketInterface.tsx
index 06ecad1f3..0e78e2e2f 100644
--- a/src/viser/client/src/WebsocketInterface.tsx
+++ b/src/viser/client/src/WebsocketInterface.tsx
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ function useMessageHandler() {
           message.look_at[2],
         );
         target.applyQuaternion(R_threeworld_world);
-        cameraControls.setTarget(target.x, target.y, target.z);
+        cameraControls.setTarget(target.x, target.y, target.z, false);
         return;
       }
       case "SetCameraUpDirectionMessage": {
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ function useMessageHandler() {
           prevPosition.x,
           prevPosition.y,
           prevPosition.z,
+          false,
         );
         return;
       }