What I'd like to see is a CONSOLE platform that supports Java3D...
I'm afraid to admit it to a Java-centric list, but I own an MS Xbox, and I can't help but drool over the eye candy every I fire up Rallisport Challenge or Dead or Alive 3. It's the first console I've owned since my Atari 2600 (the very first version of it, with Space Invaders and all!), and bought it because it was cheaper than a GEForce 3 card (at the time).
Face it--PC Games are such a limited market compared the console platforms... if one of these platforms (GameCube, PS/2, Xbox), or more specifically an UPCOMING console, could support Java, think of the fun we could have...
Okay, okay, I know we'll NEVER see Java on an Xbox, (thanks to MS's business tactics) but just thinking out loud. If a PS/2 can run Linux, why couldn't it run Java and Java3D?
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Halmrast [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 1:49 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development?
On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Nathan Bower wrote:
> well its not that much slower.... and with a geforce 4.... well I dont think speed is the foremost concern when choosing an api / language anymore. If you write efficient code, java3d will not be slow.
>
> The main problem I think is that java3d is not going to use vertex shaders / displacement maps etc etc for a long time, so you cant use the leading edge technologies.
>
> Good points are, platform independance (well semi-indipendance in java3d's case), and you can make a quick and simple applet game that people can play by just visiting a website.
It's only platform independent in theory. Java3D doesn't support the #2
desktop platform (Macintosh) which is a pretty glaring oversight. If you
really want portability you might be better off using OpenGL and C/C++.
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