Andrew, >From my point of view, Java3D is [mostly] fine technically, although I'm pretty much a newbie to graphics stuff. The problem is support.
If I'm pitching Information Visualization services to a client, and tell them my software relies on a third-party library called "Java3D" which will need to be installed on all their desktops, they will want to know who's behind it. If I tell them "Sun Microsystems Inc.", I'll get one response. If I tell them "well, you see, it's sort of open-sourced, but this guy Justin Couch is working like crazy to keep it going", I'll get a very different one. Now that Doug Twilleager has unequivocally said "We will support Java 3D." maybe there's hope. -Allan Ash Software Arts, Inc. - the Information Visualization Company www.infoviz.biz ----- Original Message ----- From: ������ ����ѹ (Andrew Davison) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:58 PM Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Support for Java3D > Dear All, > > I'm getting pretty board with these threads about the "death of > Java 3D", so I thought I'd make the current one longer :) > > What *technical* reasons are there for moving away from Java 3D? > > With that list in mind, what other software *currently* fills the > gaps? > > And what does 'filling the gaps" mean (e.g. coding your > own shading algorithms?, waiting for the developers to debug > the promised feature in their software?). > > My opinion: Java 3D is the best mix of features, robustness, > good documentation, and online support/help *at the moment*. > So why change? > > - Andrew > > =========================================================================== > 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". =========================================================================== 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".
