You can embed OpenGL panels from LWJGL or JOGL... I've done this. Works nice. You can even embed Swing panels if you want.
http://www.eclipse.org/swt/opengl/ On Nov 3, 4:43 am, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> wrote: > Kevin Wright wrote: > > So: > > AWT = Abstract Windows Toolkit - Wrapper over native components > > supplied with java from conception > > Swing = Layer over AWT - Much more power in exchange for more complexity. > > SWT = Standard Windows Toolkit - IBM supplied kit as used by eclipse, > > builds on lessons learned from both AWT and Swing. > > JFace = A richer layer over SWT > > > SWT and AWT are both thin wrappers around OS components. If the > > platform has acceleration then so does xWT. > > Swing has enough abstraction that is possible to avoid that > > acceleration, depending on how you use it. > > Well, this is true for rendering standard components; but not if you > make some other graphic elaboration, such as elaborating images, > applying effects, etc... You need explicit support for that, in fact > Swing has got an OpenGL pipeline for that etc.. > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
