[JAVA3D] Lessons Learned

2003-08-10 Thread Paul Pantera
I was a member of the Java 3D group at Sun from its inception to the initial round of layoffs in November 2001. So perhaps I can provide some insight as to why Java 3D is losing support from Sun. The reason is because the popularity and performance of Linux and commodity Intel compatible processor

[JAVA3D] 3D human body

2003-08-10 Thread hterrolle
Hi,   I am looking for a 3D human body. Does someone knows were i could find one ?   Thanks === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D - ugly API?

2003-08-10 Thread trz
Gili wrote: > Hi, > > I've spent the past three weeks reading the Java3D tutorial and coming from a > world of J2SE and some J2EE background I find the entire Java3D API very ugly. I can > fully appreciate the fact that a lot of this uglyness came from OpenGL (which in itself is a > very po

Re: [JAVA3D] Creating a background of twinkling stars against a black sky.

2003-08-10 Thread Dr. Thomas
Thanks. I'll try it. JT. --- Alessandro Borges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about a textured sphere in the Background node, > with some behavior > to change the starly textures ?? > Do not forget to inverse the normals of the sphere > ... > About texture animation see the TextureByReference >

Re: [JAVA3D] vrml97loader

2003-08-10 Thread Serge Bernier
Do you have the key to use trhe program??? Serge Bernier Selon "Nikolai V. Chr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Serge Bernier wrote: > > >and I get the same error. Does anybody have a hint except play with the > memory > >parameters?? Who can I target the problem?? > > > > > I had the same problem once

Re: [JAVA3D] Getting an objects position

2003-08-10 Thread trz
Richard Bone wrote: Hello, I’m writing a program for my Comp Sci Masters and I’m trying to get the positions of objects within the scenegraph but have no idea how to do it. I’ve read about using getLocalToVworld() but it said the node was not compiled. Anyone got any ideas? Hi, probably this was

[JAVA3D] video card

2003-08-10 Thread Auguste Genovesio
Hi all, How can i be sure that java3D use the video card and not a kind of software rendering ? -- A. Genovesio Quantitative Image Analysis Group Institut Pasteur 25, rue du Docteur Roux 75724 Paris Cedex 15 === To unsubscribe

Re: [JAVA3D] Performance on Linux

2003-08-10 Thread "Schäfer, Peter"
Following is an excerpt from nvidia's installation note. Maybe it helps... If you forgot to modify the config file, you might still be running software rendering. __ (sec-03) EDITING YOUR XF86CONFIG FILE

Re: [JAVA3D] lauch a vrml file in a browser

2003-08-10 Thread Alessandro Borges
Hi maybe it help you: First part : === open a new web page from a applet: see java.applet.AppletContext's javadoc about showDocument(Url url, String target); example: [code] try { URL url = new URL(getCodeBase().toString() + "java3DTestPage.html"); showStatus("Openning a Java3D page test " + ur