Human Animation is Portable : Java3D <---> Java 1.0 Web Applets --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- with VRML / H-Anim Avatars, open Web3d Standards. " YOU Control Human Animation on the Web with VRML & H-Anim " ----------------------------------------------------- http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/H-Anim_Avatars.html http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/shout3d/models/H-Anim/nancy_H-Anim_x3d.w rl -- YOU Control H-Anim Avatar : Nancy Runs & Walks by your command. -- yes, H-Anim works on Java3d, see screen shot on the above page new ) -- Java 1 is slow but it highly portable, it's perfect for the Web, now. -- Java3d can be very fast : 10-100 times faster, Nvidea GeForce : 30 Million polys/sec. -- the same VRML / x3d / H-Anim Avatars can port Java 1 <--> Java3d -- to work with Java3d you may have to decompress the file & grab : http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/shout3d/models/H-Anim/small_logo.gif VRML may be most portable when run with Java : - Java 1 : Win, Mac, Linux, Be, EPOC, Web Pads, Game Machines, etc. - Java3d : Windows, Linux, SGI, HP-UX. Today's news ... it's more portable with ... the new * Linux * Web Pad : Crusoe Transmeta Linux power the AOL - Gateway Web Pad with Mozilla. - The Web replaces the The Desktop as Java rises and Microsoft breaks down & up. - Human Animation is portable from Java 1.1 on the Web to Java3D with H-Anim. - Java One ... One Week ... everything is coming together ... AOL - Time Warner, the nations largest ISP -- with a huge lead -- and Transmeta with their ultra-efficient Crusoe microprocessor are creating the new, much anticipated portable web access device of the future with _ Linux _ and a wireless web connection ... beyond the desktop ... the web. " Gateway and AOL bypass Industry Stalwarts " -- The New York Times, today. | | The deal is a portent of the arrival of what is being | popularly referred to as the post-PC computing era, a | world in which the personal computer is displaced by | an expanding array of digital cellular phones, personal | digital assistants, Webpads, which are tablet-style | computers, and other appliance-like devices. | | Both Intel and Microsoft have largely resisted this | vision, maintaining instead that the PC will remain at | the center of the computing world ... | | During the trial ... a witness for the Justice Department | ... described how Microsoft had put pressure on | Gateway after it pursued a strategy of installing the | Netscape browser and placing an AOL icon on the | desktop of its computers. | | Now both America Online and Gateway have | potentially found a way to displace Microsoft's | software entirely by using a special version of the free | Linux operating system that will run the Netscape browser | | ... the final price of the product ... is aimed at below $ 500. | http://partners.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/05/biztech/articles/30chip.html " Crusoe & Linux power Web Pad from AOL / Gateway " http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/reuters/ http://slashdot.org/articles/00/05/30/1217242.shtml " Crusoe / Transmeta : Going Mobile : Web Pads & Notebooks " http://www.crusoe.com/mobile/ " Gateway / AOL Web Pad, etc " ( April 5, 2000 ) - previous announcement, prior to Crusoe selection. | | These next-generation appliances will utilize the | Netscape Gecko browser technology. Gecko, | Netscape's smaller, faster and more potent | browser engine technology, is a key component of | the AOL Anywhere strategy and is designed to | power Internet devices across a range of platforms | and enable Web developers to create more | compelling Internet-based content and | applications. All of these devices will utilize the | LINUX operating system. | http://investor.gateway.com/news/20000405-15054.htm __ EPOC & ARM : Another Portable Web Device w/o WIntel __ Psion Notebook : Color, Cheap, Very Portable : ~ $1,000 - Java enabled web surfing, light, cheap, long battery life. - Arm Processor : 190 M-Hz ( Netbook ) or 133 M-Hz ( Series 7 ) - EPOC OS : no hard drive, instant on, __ not " Windows " __ http://www.psion.com/series7/about/software/web.html http://www.psion.com/series7/office/index.html http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=TMP_PSION7&lang=eng&curr=USD http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=PSI_NETBOOK&lang=eng&curr=USD Clearly the Year 2000 is the year of Web Devices ( Web Pads / Web Tablets, etc. ). Is your VRML stuck in the PC era ? Is your VRML not compliant and not portable to the new devices ? Is your VRML broken, obsolete, and left behind ? Is your VRML expertise tied to the desktop era of the 1900's ? Is your VRML tied to the company being broken down & broken up ? VRML / x3d is ultra portable Java and Java3d has VRML & x3d Loaders : Any fool can write a 3d VRML Viewer, that's why I did ;^ ) " VRML Java Viewer " -- My Favorite, My Own, et all. http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/java3dviewer.html http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~ki/engines.html http://www.shout3d.com/about.html http://www.blaxxun.com/products/blaxxun3d/showcase/index.html http://anfyteam.com/an3d/index2.html " Light weight 3d Human Animation for the web " ( Java ) http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/gait_model.html " VRML & Java3d & 3d in General " : Tutorials & Resources. http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-1998/jw-12-media_p.html http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-01-1999/jw-01-media_p.html http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-1997/jw-06-howto.html http://www.sdsc.edu/~nadeau/Courses/Siggraph99/ http://www.sdsc.edu/~nadeau/nadeau_courses.html http://www.realtimerendering.com/ http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/math_is_a_game.html http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/great_3d_java.html http://www.gdmag.com/code.htm http://www.j3d.org/faq/ http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/collateral/ http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/links/ http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/forDevelopers/java3dfaq.html http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/java3d-interest.html " VRML / X3d Loaders for Java3d " --------------------------------------- http://www.hypermultimedia.com/Xj3D/getstart.htm http://www.web3d.org/TaskGroups/x3d/sun/doc/ http://www.web3d.org/TaskGroups/x3d/sun/doc/vrml/Browser.html http://www.web3d.org/WorkingGroups/vrml-java3d/ http://www.vrml.org/WorkingGroups/vrml-java3d/downloads/0.90/README http://www.web3d.org/WorkingGroups/vrml-java3d/downloads/0.90/vj3d0.90.2.src .zip My Favorite VRML Viewer : MyOwn3d VRML Viewer with Java3d, make YourOwn3d VRML with Java3d. Cost : Java : free, SDK / complier : free, OpenGL : free, VRML Loader : free. Grand Total : _ nothing _ ... it's free, be free. " VRML 97 Player ( Java3d, Java Source ) " -- simple VRML Viewer / Player. ----------------------------------------------- http://www.web3d.org/TaskGroups/x3d/cvsweb/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/x3d/player/ Vrml97Player.java Java One : One Week : Be there, or have your Web3d H-Anim Avatar attend. -- Paul, Java Developer & Web Animator. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Imaging the Imagined : Modeling with Math & a Keyboard" =========================================================================== 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".
