A new book features a demonstraion of the interactive "picking" of objects in a 3d Scene created from a VRML data file, and all the source code and data files are ___ free ___ and are freely available.
The VRML file is read and rendered, and with your mouse you can "pick" objects in the scene and it has an interactive representation of the Java3d Scenegraph that allows you to expand and collapse branches of the Scenegraph and examine the contents of the nodes of the scenegraph tree. It uses the popular, portable Sun VRML Loaders. | | Picking of VRML objects with your mouse is | demonstrated in a new book, _ Java _ 3D _ Programming _, | by Daniel Selman ... | | The source code is avaible for free. [ links below ] | http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/games_with_java3d.html http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/sourcecode/VrmlPickingTest.java http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/sc_vrml_picking_with_java3d.jpg http://www.manning.com/selman/selman_source.zip | Sun provides a loader, ... The only way you are | able to get it today is through the J3DFly application. ... | | -- Justin Couch http://www.vlc.com.au/~justin/ | | Java Architect & Bit Twiddler http://www.yumetech.com/ | Author, Java 3D FAQ Maintainer http://www.j3d.org/ | | [ false statement made yesterday, Sunday, March 3, 2002 ] | http://archives.java.sun.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0203&L=java3d-interest&P=3625 False again Justin. The Sun VRML Loaders are still on line, the Sun VRML Loaders are still widely used -- used in this book -- the Sun VRML Loaders can animate Web3d's VRML based H-Anim Avatars in a browser, on Windows, Linux, and other Unixes, and I believe the Sun VRML Loaders are the most capable VRML Loaders available for Java3d and I believe the *** ONLY *** way to animate Web3d's H-Anim Avatars with PROTOs and TouchSensors starting Gesture Animations of and multiple moving Joints with Java3d (that being the metric I'm using to judge 'most capable') Justin, can the 'new' Loaders animate Web3d's VRML based H-Anim Avatars with TouchSensors activating coordinated Gesture movements of multiple, synchronized Joint rotations, and do it in a browser ( as it can be done with the Sun VRML Loaders ) ? Sun VRML Loader for Games, VRML Animation in a browser ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/games_with_java3d.html http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/java3d_and_vrml.html http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/sourcecode/Human.java The "Core Web3d" book from Pentice Hall with Justin Couch as the 'Java expert' for Aaron Walsh falsely leaves one with the impression that Sun VRML Loaders cannot be used for animating Web3d's H-Anim Avatars: They can, I've done it. | > Hey, what sort of crack are you on? | > | > That codebase didn't even support | > protos let alone H-anim. | | -- Justin Couch | http://www.web3d.org/WorkingGroups/h-anim/hypermail/2001/0197.html False again Justin. | Yes, Matt Beitler works for me and Dimitris on an | NSF project. ... | | NSF requires the following disclaimer ... | | ``Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or | recommendations expressed in this material are | those of the author(s) and do not necessarily | reflect the views of the National Science Foundation | nor any other sponsoring organization.'' | | Now, Matt works tirelessly to support the mission | of the Center for Human Modeling and Simulation | and further the goals for which it was founded. | | His interactions with H-Anim on behalf of | HMS have been exemplary ... | | [ Norman Badler, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ] | http://www.web3d.org/WorkingGroups/h-anim/hypermail/2001/0153.html Mr Badler, does the NSF 'disclaimer' mean that students working for you can lie, threaten, slander, and otherwise do things that would otherwise be considered illegal, unethical, and unacceptable, and determintal to the interests of the National Science Foundation, and the US ? Mr. Badler, Rita Colwell: the number of posts to the to Web3d's H-Anim list has fallen dramtically since the "Couch-Beitler Flame War" ( just 8 posts so far in 2002 ), do you think Matthew Beitler's conduct has been 'exemplary' or detrimental to the interests of the NSF and counterproductive to open, cordial, productive disscussions on Web3d's H-Anim list and the Java3d-interest list ? http://www.web3d.org/WorkingGroups/h-anim/hypermail/2002/ http://www.web3d.org/WorkingGroups/h-anim/hypermail/2001/ Ms Colwell, as the Director of the National Sciene Foundation, would you please tell us: Do lies, threats, and vulgar language help make for effective communication and productive discussions in public, technical forums related to, and a part of the National Science Foundation's objectives and goals ? Can lies and criminal threats be considered: "opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations" in the NSF 'disclaimer' as sited by Norman Badler ? Sun VRML Loaders for VRML / H-Anim Animation --------------------------------------------- | H-Anim and MPEG-4 are dependendent on | implementing technologies, of which Java3d | is one of the best available to us and both | H-Anim and MPEG-4 have been held back | by misperceptions, false statements, and | unethical conduct. | | The VRML Loaders from Sun provided | | the highest level of functionality for | loading VRML files into Java3d ... | | -- and still do -- | | ~~ please ~~ correct me ... if any other | VRML loader is more capable for loading | VRML into Java3d and rendering it with | animation. | | " VRML-97 Loaders, Docs: com.sun.j3d.loader.vrml97 " | -------------------------------------------------- | http://www.web3d.org/TaskGroups/x3d/sun/doc/ | http://www.web3d.org/WorkingGroups/web3d-mpeg/hypermail/2001/0159.html Norman Badler, can H-Anim Avatars be animated with Java3d ? Matt Beitler, can H-Anim Avatars be animated with Java3d ? Sandy Ressler, can H-Anim Avatars be animated with Java3d ? Don Brutzman, can H-Anim Avatars be animated with Java3d ? Justin Couch, can H-Anim Avatars be animated with Java3d ? Rita Colwell, can H-Anim Avatars be animated with Java3d ? Can Web3d's H-Anim Avatars be animated with the 'new' Loaders ?, the Sun VRML Loaders ?, without Crack Cocaine ? Is Justin Couch's assertion that you must be on Crack a true statement, or is it just another lie from Justin Couch ? | " problems with VRML/X3D ... solved ... VRML Loaders for Java3d " | --------------------------------------------------------------- || || It would be nice if someone like Sandy Ressler || would address the issue as to whether it is || necessary as Justin Couch has suggested to be || 'on crack' to animate Web3d's H-Anim Avatars || as I have done ( without using Crack ) with Java3d. || | http://www.web3d.org/WorkingGroups/h-anim/hypermail/2001/0302.html | http://archives.java.sun.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0112&L=java3d-interest&P=34696 | http://www.web3d.org/WorkingGroups/h-anim/hypermail/2001/0315.html Don Brutzman: You're paying Justin Couch with taxpayer funds: please instuct him to stop posting lies to the Java3d list. If anyone at the Prentice Hall believes their books are not in error -- or cares about publishing accurate information -- please let us know. Animation of VRML is easy with the Sun VRML Loaders. -- Paul, Java Developer & Web Animator. ---------------------------------------- "Imaging the Imagined: Modeling with Math & a Keyboard" cc: Prentice Hall, undisputed publisher of unreliable drivel. cc: Rita Colwell, Director, National Science Foundation. -- --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] , http://staff.nsf.gov/staffpage.cfm?key=957 re: NSF Grant: https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/servlet/showaward?award=9809209 =========================================================================== 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".
