Hi, >I proposed a somewhat similar effort in my book, "3D User Interfaces with >Java 3D" (see www.manning.,com/barrilleaux), and even called my framework a >first step on the road to attaining a "Swing 3D". At the time I did not >suggest open source, but as I've told individuals who have inquired, I'd >contribute the code if there were sufficient interest. > >To date interest on this list and in 3D in general has been towards >rendering and efficiency issues rather than on good user interfaces (with >the exception of simple orbit and flying navigation, and the endless >problems that people seem to have with them). > >If there is now sufficient interest, my earlier offer to contribute the book >software still stands.
Yes, I read part of it, tried the examples. Good book. Recommended. You are IMHO more on the part of basic features and principles of 3D user interfaces rather than proposing a full3D GUID toolkit solution. What I propose is a pure adaptation of swing to 3D: 3D frames as volumed frames, layout manager to provide card features, overimpression... ; 3D cursors. No real magic here only tough work. By now we are three, this is still not enough. I've actually done about 20 percent of the job already using JDK1.2 source code (about 200 hours of coding). There is however much testing to be done and a lot of brain stuffing to think about depth problems related to 3D components. Project should therefore be thought as a lenghtly project spanning maybe a year for scheduled version 1.0 Participants by now: Mark Kahrl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jon Barrilleaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Co-founder Silvere Martin-Michiellot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Co-founder Jon, I recognize your pionneering work in the area. If project starts you will be cofounder. Mark, don't be jealous, this is just extra work for us. Please give me about a month of so to put the files on sourceforge. Please sun engineers send a public e-mail to that list to say that you support or ban the project. -- Silvere MARTIN-MICHIELLOT Construit le futur d'internet sur http://www.digitalbiosphere.com. -- =========================================================================== 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".
