Thanks for the info. Quickdraw 3d is interesting... some concerns are
you don't have to answer these, I'm just noting them ):
1) licensing - free?
2) support and general community size (i suspect java3d community is
going to balloon)
3) linux version? They do have a picture of a penguin on their site but
it seems to refer to some other idea.
4) java wrappers? I actually do prefer Java now.
5) file format loaders - vrml?
6) java3d style behavior nodes - I don't know that quickdraw 3d does,
there seem implications that it does this.
7) packaging and distribution of final application
8) performance? Can I rip out the device driver layer and replace it
with something more optimized later on?
They have comprehensive docs online for anybody interested:
http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/quicktime/qtdevdocs/RM/frameset.htm
http://www.mactech.com/articles/develop/issue_23/thompsonfernicola.html
- Andy
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From: Julian G�mez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [java3d] Games in Java3d
>> Java is working well for us. It is saving time because we are able to
>> highly leverage off of already existing components primarily Java3D, and
as
>> ...
>> Java3D compares favorably to other scenegraphs, and also one point of
note
>> is that there is simply no other option in terms of a fully fledged
>> scenegraph - Farenheit (the SGI/Microsoft effort) is still early, and
we're
>> reluctant to use other scenegraphs such as say Surrender since we want to
>> release our code for free.
>
>QuickDraw 3-D from Apple has a full fledged scene graph. It was released in
>'95 on Macintosh and '96 on Windows.
>
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