Java 3D uses conventions resembling OpenGL, but is actually a layer that sits atop low-level graphics APIs such as OpenGL and DirectX. Java 3D, like Java, is platform independent.

Java has been criticized as being too slow to run applications such as computer-aided design that tax a computer's 3D graphics abilities, but the Java3D extension changes that, Mr. Loiacono said.

Apple has posted Java 3D and Java Advanced Imaging Update, a software update aimed at users of Mac OS X v10.3.1 and Java 1.4.1 or higher. The new update is available as a 9.5MB download from Apple ...

News Java innovations recognized by JCP By ADT Staff May 30, 2006 The Java Community Process program presented its fourth annual JCP Program Awards at the 2006 JavaOne Conference held last week. Five ...

For like ten years ago I got interested in Java 3D. Yesterday I dusted off an old eclipse project with som Java 3D. I thought that I could turn it into a maven project but when I started it I ...

Tech Computing Coffee-based filament turns java into brown 3D-printed objects Coffee bean hulls take on a new high-tech life as renewable 3D printing filament. It only comes in one color, though.

"I also have a fondness for Java 3D, which allows a programmer to get a good-looking 3D world up and running very quickly. 3D games are the hardest to code, but they're the coolest," he says.

WHAT Swerve Client Version 2.2, the industry’s first graphics engine to implement M3G 1.1, is now available for licensing. M3G 1.1 is the latest version of the open standard for Java 3D graphics, ...

A 3D first-person problem-solving adventure game has been developed by computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego. Players in the game use the Java programming language to ...