"Sun is very committed to JOGL and all the games API's" http://www.javagaming.org/cgi-bin/JGNetForums/YaBB.cgi?board=jogl;action=display;num=1073823761;start=8#8
Also here is a jsr for the openGL bindings. JSR 231 JavaTM Bindings for OpenGLŪ http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=231 nathan --- N0223108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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". __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ =========================================================================== 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".
