Dear Sir/Madam, I am a PhD student at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. I have carried out some research on applications of Java3D in Spatial Sciences and was wondering whether or not the Java 3D API is still being supported? I ask this after hearing that it will not be supported in future.
Found the following extract from (http://www.j3d.org/faq/intro.html) EXTRACT----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- What is the future of Java 3D? Right now, it is in a holding pattern. In July 2003, Sun sacked the two remaining fulltime developers and have no plans to replace them. There is no development being done, nor bug fixes that we are aware of, neither are they actively marketing it at conferences (instead pushing the JOGL project). Bugs are being registered and the the official mailing list is still going. For comparison, the same thing happened to JSDT in late 1998, and there is still no progress or change with no developer, no active participation nor any signs that Sun will formally announce that It's Dead Jim. If you are looking to start new projects, we can't recommend you use Java3D as it's future is so uncertain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- Also, does Sun recognize/support JOGL https://jogl.dev.java.net Your reply will be highly appreciated. Yours faithfully. Gobe Hobona Research Student School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences University of Newcastle upon Tyne =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
