As promised, here is a list of features that we are considering for the
1.3 release of Java 3D. We don't yet have a schedule for this release,
but there will be a public review of the API changes under the
guidelines of the Java Community Process for maintenance releases. We
anticipate that this API review will start sometime near the end of
this calendar year.
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Kevin Rushforth
Java 3D Team
Sun Microsystems
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Planned 1.3 features
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Core API Changes
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. Depth-sorted transparency
. Objects scoped to a View (Shape3D, Light, etc.)
. Texture3D by-reference: provides capability to refer to
slices of a single image (RenderedVolumeImage)
. Ability to offset a raster in screen coordinates from the
raster point
. Anisotropic filtering
. Add OpenGL-style color selector for per-vertex material colors
Utilities
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. J3DConfig (ConfiguredUniverse)
. Java 3D Exporter
- Opaque binary file format for save/restore
. Meshification
We will also continue work on improving performance and decreasing the
memory footprint of Java 3D.
Features under consideration for 1.3 (uncommitted)
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Core API Changes
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. Behavior synchronization:
- Atomic scene graph changes from multiple behaviors
- Prioritized behaviors to allow an application to
specify a full or partial ordering
. Cloneable vecmath objects
. AudioDeviceL2 and other audio changes to support L2
. Complete set of ArrayList (nee Vector) functions in
appropriate places (e.g., removeAllChildren and
removeChild(Node) in Group)
. Scale invariant OrientedShape3D
Utilities
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. Audio
- L2 support
- DirectSound driver
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