Justin (and all),
I wouldn't really consider Java3D a "low-level" rendering API since you
don't really have access to OpenGL calls. A low-level api would let you
do have access to the accumulation, stencil, frame and other buffers.
For example, Java3D can't do motion blurring... at least not using
accumulation buffers like I would do in OpenGL.
Really, I consider Java3D a mid- or high-level api since it layers
low-level calls beneath the scene graph api.
-Lee
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Couch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 10:56 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Java 3D beginner question
>
>
> "Luo, Wei" wrote:
>
> > > I am new here. I am interested in developing a web-based
> interactive
> > > landform similation model using Java and Java 3D so that
> the user will be
> > > able to simulate and explore landform evolution from
> anywhere through a
> > > web browser.
>
> [snip]
>
> > > My questions is this: will Java 3D be able to easily
> genetate perspective
> > > 3D view of resulting landforms and make a series of such
> view into an
> > > animation?
>
> Java3D is a low-level graphics rendering API, in the same
> vein as OpenGL
> or Direct3D. That is, it is capable of doing anything, you
> just have to
> code it yourself. So, really your question should be aimed at the same
> level that you would ask an OpenGl list - and the answer is "of course
> it can".
>
> There seems to be a reasonable amount of interest of people doing
> geographic/cartographic visualisation using J3D on the list, so they
> will be able to help you out even more than I can. I just write the
> low-level tools to help them out. I've recently been attempting to do
> some work to enable large-scale visualisation in the context of the
> GeoVRML working group for the loader that we are writing. Haven't hit
> too many problems yet, but really haven't dug into it much either.
>
> --
> Justin Couch http://www.vlc.com.au/~justin/
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> Author, Java 3D FAQ Maintainer http://www.j3d.org/
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