Nikolai,
Thanks for the help!!!
Shaun
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nikolai V. Chr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Backgrounds...
> Shaun Shepherd wrote:
>
> > In VRML code, multiple images can be laid around the camera using
frontURL,
> > backURL, etc. This gives a 3 dimensional background effect. Can
anything
> > similar be done in java3d? All I get is one image always following the
> > rotation of my camera. Thanks in advance!
>
>
> The background node can take any kind of geometry. Here's an example
> with a sphere which has an image mapped onto its inside. It will be
> scaled to infinite size, you can never reach it, plus it seem not to
> move relative to the viewport which is really cool.
>
> BoundingSphere backBounds = new BoundingSphere(new Point3d(),
> Double.MAX_VALUE);
> Background bg = new Background();
> bg.setApplicationBounds(backBounds);
> BranchGroup backGeoBranch = new BranchGroup();
> Sphere sphereObj = new Sphere(1.0f, Sphere.GENERATE_NORMALS |
> Sphere.GENERATE_NORMALS_INWARD |
> Sphere.GENERATE_TEXTURE_COORDS, 45);
> Appearance backgroundApp = sphereObj.getAppearance();
> backGeoBranch.addChild(sphereObj);
> bg.setGeometry(backGeoBranch);
> objRoot.addChild(bg);
> java.net.URL bgImage = null;
> try {
> bgImage = new java.net.URL("file:media/images/bg.jpg");
> } catch (java.net.MalformedURLException ex) {
> System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
> }
> TextureLoader tex = new TextureLoader(bgImage, new
> String("RGB"), mainFrame);
> if (tex != null) {
> backgroundApp.setTexture(tex.getTexture());
> }
>
> Regards
> Nikolai
>
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