I believe the actual message was that the 1.4 was in a "holding pattern". This was clarified as meaning that Java3D wouldn't be seeing new development for a while (which seems logical now since development efforts will be targeted at the new gaming developments, jogl, joal, jinput).
However, I've not seen anywhere that Sun is pulling its backing from the product, or that Java3D is dead. It seems to me that focus is shifting to the "new" products. I'd expect this to last for a while, and then either a new scenegraph based on jogl (of which there have already been rumours) or a new focus on Java3D. It wouldn't seem that logical to invent a new scene graph after Java3D has already done most the work... As far as I've noticed here the bug reports and support are still coming through. Kev > I have not heard that Java3D is dead. After 4 years of work I sure hope > it isn't. > > But if worse comes to worse it would not be horrendous to write a > renderer for the Java3D scene graph, especially if you are porting a > specific app. I am convinced scene graphs are the way to build large 3D > apps, and the Java3D scene graph is nicely thought out. > > I did hear that they would be back off of aggressivly persuing 1.4 of > Java3D. That could be interpreted as "dieing" but I am not sure. > > David Yazel > http://www.magicosm.net > "Better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all > doubt" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: William Denniss > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 7:39 PM > Subject: [JAVA3D] Is Java3D dead? > > > I recentally subscribed to this list and was surprised to hear that > Sun is no longer backing Java3D. Is it the official word from Sun > that they are no longer developing Java3D? > > I have in the past written small test applications in GL4Java and > Java3D and am planning a much larger application (game) written in > Java using a 3D API. I found that the Java3D scene graph was quite > good to use, and well suited my needs however I don't want to waste > time on something that won't be around in the future and be a serious > contender in the 3D market which I had hoped Java3D would be. > > Is anyone currently working on a JOGL scene graph? > > Regards, > > Will. > > ========================================================================== > 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". -- Jose UML - http://www.newdawnsoftware.com/jose Warlock - http://www.cokeandcode.com/warlock =========================================================================== 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".
