Hi > Does Java3D allow a programmer to add new rendering capabilities? What > we want to do is to add the capability of concave reflection for objects > (The goal is to render a mirror dome). Is this possible to do with > Java3D? Or is the rendering something the Java3D has no control over? > Thank you in advance for any reply.
Well to have real correct concav or curvlinear reflections you need a raytracer and you can't do this with standard rasterization approaches, you can however try to fake it using environment maps (for example CubeEnvironment-maps are supported by J3D1.3) but they have sincere drawbacks. EOF, J.D. -- Explore SRT with the help of Java3D (http://wwwvis.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/relativity/minkowski) (http://www.antiflash.net/java3d/relativity (mirror) =========================================================================== 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".
