No, it behaves exactly as you described in you initial question.
Try demo/java3d/Background/BackgroundGeometry.
Doug.
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>Doug Twilleager wrote:
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>> The background geometry feature of the Java 3D Background node
>> should do just what you describe. It renders a subgraph of
>> geometry into the background that is only effected by rotation.
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>Oh, that's not in the spec anywhere!
>
>Ok, but how is it effected by movements in the viewer's camera position.
>My understanding is that it just renders the geometry flat. VRML has an
>all encompassing background that changes as you move around with it. My
>impression of J3D's background is that it renders the outside of the
>object onto the back plane. So if I put a sphere into the background it
>would render the outside of the sphere, not the inside that we need. We
>also have to deal with top and bottoms so that if the user looks up,
>there is a texture there too that is different to each of the sides.
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