For simple Networked 3d games Java on the Server & Client with Linux / Apache / Servlets on the Server is optimal for : Value, Reliability, & Simplicity. Source code is available for the Server & Client, here are some demos of 3d animation that don't require a plug-in, don't require windows, don't require ** any ** software from Microsoft ; ^ ) *** You can get source to 3d rendering engines, but not all, or necessarily the source you want ... and can run on : Windows, Linux, Macintosh, ... the Web ... portable & embedded devices ... " 3D Chat / Adventure Walk Around Game " http://www.anfy3d.com/game/ " 3D Dungeon Walk Around (with textures) - use arrow keys http://www.2nu.com/Wayne/SplattJava/SplattJava480x300.html " 3D Combat / Kick Boxing Game " http://www.anfyteam.com/dev/ " ' BattleZone' / Tank Combat Game " http://www.javagameplay.com/tankHunter.html " 3D Chess Player with IK: e makes _ YOUR _ moves " http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/H-Anim_Avatars.html " VRML EAI People Poser " ( requires VRML plug-in Viewer ) http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/HAnimPoser.html Server Software Source & Demo & Resources: http://www.geometrek.com/products/deepmatrix.html http://www.lucidspace.com http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/great_3d_java.html EAI FAQ: http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/eaifaq.html#22 Servlets: http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/servlets_intro.html > I use Netscape4.7x and cosmo 2.1.1, but really can't work. > I put all the files here http://www2.ee.cuhk.edu.hk/~s987061/test/ > can you try again? > Also, can you tell me which browser and plugin you use? > > Martin > s987061 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in thread: http://nooz.org/comp.lang.vrml/msg01672.html 3D VRML Viewers that are ' pure Java ' ... are 'open' to all web visitors with any real browser ... The Web ... Windows, Linux, Macintosh, etc ... a safe, convenient, portable way -- safer & more portable than solutions that use "ActiveX" for instance ... You're not tied to the x86 or a company found guilty of illegally destroying it's competitors, corrupting & subverting standards with it's Monopoly powers and unethical conduct ( according to the US Federal Court System ) Those who hate capitalism, competition, freedom, the US, or our court system please don't reply to this thread ... this is about doing 3d on the web ... in a portable way with software you can get for free. Web 3D : You have a Web Browser, You get 3D. -- Paul, Java Developer & Web Animator. ----------------------------------------------- "Imaging the Imagined: Modeling with Math & a Keyboard" VRML & Java 1.1 for portability, VRML & Java3d for Speed ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/java3d_and_vrml.html All you need: a Browser & a Brain, Math & Java: http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/java3dviewer.html "Distributed Virtual Worlds : ... Using Vrml, Java, and Corba" -------------------------------- | everyone connected to the Internet can directly | enter a virtual world __ without __ installing | a new kind of software. The VRML technology offers ... | interactive three-dimensional ... [ coming March 31, 2001 ] | | Stephan Diehl, author & General Chair of __Web3D__2001__ | http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/3540676244/ ^^^----- This is what ~~~~ ALL OF US WANT ~~~~ ParallelGraphics ' Portability & ActiveX Security Problems : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No problem, if you don't install it. ~~~~~~ Java works, even on Netscape, unlike the ParallelGraphics bugfest. source code for minor VRML EAI test posted to: comp.lang.vrml http://nooz.org/comp.lang.vrml/msg01672.html =========================================================================== 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".