Java 3D is a scene graph based 3D API for the Java platform from Sun Microsystems. It typically runs on top of either OpenGL or Direct3D. The rewrite of this article is being devised at Talk:3D computer graphics/Temp. ... Java is a reflective, object-oriented programming language developed initially by James Gosling and colleagues at Sun Microsystems. ... Sun Microsystems (Sun Microsystems, Inc. ... OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a specification defining a cross-language cross-platform API for writing applications that produce 3D computer graphics (and 2D computer graphics as well). ... Direct3D is part of Microsofts DirectX API. Direct3D is only for use in Microsofts various Windows operating systems (Windows 95 and above) and, although in a quite different version, in the Xbox. ...

Comparing to other solutions Java 3D is not only a wrapper around these graphics APIs but an interface that encapsulates the graphics programming using a real object-oriented concept. Here a scene is constructed using a scene graph that is a representation of the objects that have to be shown. This scene graph is structured as a tree containing several elements that are necessary to display the objects. Additionally Java 3D offers extensive spatialized sound support. In computer science, a wrapper is a piece of code which is combined with another piece of code to determine how that code is executed. ... API redirects here. ...

For some time Java 3D is available as open source Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ...

Weblinks

• https://java3d.dev.java.net/
• http://java3d.virtualworlds.de - Java 3D support and information page
• http://www.3dchat.org Example - VR application using Java 3D