Are you aware that most of the existing commercial EAI implementations are still dependent on the old MS JVM and won't work with the Sun JVM?
The MS JVM dependency introduces additional problems, so not only do you have to consider which vrml plugin the client is using (because each plugin and EAI implementation tends to behave differently) you also have to consider which jvm, if any, is installed and, if it is, will an applet talk to the vrml plugin over the EAI... I wouldn't advise anyone to use the vrml eai in a commercial product and I think its still far too early to know if the new version of the eai incorportated in the X3D specs ( its now called the Scene Access Interface SAI) is going to be a success. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Franck Calzada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] java3d and EAI > Thanks a lot Jonathan, > > I'll check it out. > I'm surprised that a technology didn't emerge to handle this kind of needs. > > My goal is to create a virtual mall using VRML and Weblogic Application > server > I wanted to use VRML because of number of VRML browser that already exist. I > don't want to develope such interface in java3d since VRML already have > almost everything... but the control from the outside (get events in java on > a VRML file from a VRML browser).... > > Franck > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion list for Java 3D API > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@SUNGARD On Behalf Of Jonathan Merritt > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 11:22 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] java3d and EAI > > Hello, > > I once created a simulation of streamlines passing over an > aerofoil > using VRML and the EAI. That work has long since passed > into the realm > of dead links from my undergraduate degree. > > I think VRML suffered from a great deal of enthusiasm but a > lack of good > authoring tools. Certainly, I think you could achieve most > things more > simply using the EAI than you could using VRML's internal > event > mechanism (which, only in IMHO, was *really* difficult to > use!). > > I haven't tracked the progress of VRML for a long time now. > When I was > last paying attention, they were making the move to an XML > encoding > (x3d) for VRML, which I thought was a very good idea. There > used to be > a VRML mailing list (www-vrml), which seems to still be > around: > > http://www.web3d.org/cgi-bin/public_list_signup/lwgate/WWW-VRML/ > That may still be the best place to ask questions (although > obviously > don't go in there asking: "Is this technology dead?", since > that's a > sure way to get flamed! :-). > > Don't write it off completely though. Depending upon your > specific > application, VRML may be absolutely ideal. I think there > has also been > some good progress made in the Open Source area since I was > last involved. > > Jonathan Merritt. > > >I have seen little evidence of anyone using VRML in the > real world for the last 3-4 years. It is one of those "neat idea, never > quite went anywhere" kind of things, as far as I can tell. > > > >I mean I'm sure it is being used by some people, but by and > large it comes across as cumbersome, hard to use and subject to a dearth of > good tools for creating and displaying scenes. > > > >Although I'm not keen at all, these guys ( > http://www.web3d.org/ ) seem pretty excited about it and I'm sure they spend > more time thinking about it than I do. > > > >-ben > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Discussion list for Java 3D API > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Franck > Calzada > >Sent: 28 May 2004 09:53 > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [JAVA3D] java3d and EAI > > > > > >Hi all, > > > >Does anyone have experience with EAI / VRML and JAVA3D? If > so, do you think > >it's a good technology? Is it gonna be enhanced? 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