[JAVA3D] OpenGl X Java3D

[Pedro Teixeira]

Hello everyone.   I have no experience with 3D programming, but really want to start putting my hands on it.. I will programming in Java but nonetheless i'm not sure if i should turn to java3D or to openGl. Is there any drastic speed differences between the two? Which philosophy is supposed to be a better approach (i.e. better paradigm, more elegant, etc.)?   I know this is quite a newbie question, and I should really try to learn both and then compare their usage, but i would really appreaciate some insight on the matter..   Thanks a lot!   regards,   Pedro Teixeira