Hi- I wanted to let everyone know about my "ever" forthcoming book, Java Media APIs from SAMS/MacMillan.
The title is Java Media APIs: Cross-platform Imaging, Media and Visualization. I have two co-authors, Dr. John Ostuni from NIH and Dr. Mike "The Spike" Barlow from the Australian Defence Force Academy. Yes, he really is known as Spike. The book covers JAI, Java 2D, JMF and Java 3D and will be about 800 pages. The people at SAMS are very determined so there is no question the book will be out this spring. Regarding Java 3D. There is an introduction to 3D, a long chapter on content creation, a chapter on Behaviors and user interaction and a chapter on the view model. In one final chapter, we cover integration across the APIs with a few examples and a lot of conceptual discussion (what we psychologists like to call b.s.). The truth of the matter is that even though we did a good job of marketing ourselves as experts, we learned a lot by doing this book. The book is written more from the perspective people whose primary function is not programming and software development but who end up having to write and use a lot of code anyway. You can all prepare for the release by getting your credits ready! Alex =========================================================================== 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".
