In The Java 3D API Specification, Second Edition, the most
current release of the Java 3D API, version 1.2, is fully
specified, explained and discussed. This newest version of the
API features a redesigned internal architecture that provides a
foundation for higher quality applications with improved ability
to scale. This is the most authoritative, complete, and detailed
book on the Java 3D API.
This book represents the definitive Java 3D API specification,
providing authoritative and detailed descriptions of each element
of the API. It offers an informative overview of the Java 3D API,
comprehensive instructions for "scene graph" definition and
construction, and a detailed description of the Java 3D View Model,
an innovative model enabling applications to be displayed on a wide
array of devices.
The book also features a variety of input devices, picking mechanisms,
audio capabilities, and behaviors and interpolators for animating objects.
The Java 3D Execution and Rendering Model is described in depth.
Other topics covered include math objects, 3D geometry compression, and
exceptions. The accompanying CD-ROM, new to this edition, contains
numerous live examples.
Comprehensive and definitive, this book is an essential reference for
any programmer interested in entering the exciting world of three-
dimensional Internet applications.
The Java 3D API, part of the Java Media suite of APIs, enables the
creation of three-dimensional graphics applications and Internet-based
3D applets. It gives developers high-level constructs for creating and
manipulating 3D geometry and for building the structures used in
rendering that geometry. Using the Java 3D API, developers can efficiently
define and render very large virtual worlds. Moreover, in line with the
Java platform's "write once, run anywhere" vision, applications written
using the Java 3D API can run on a wide range of platforms and systems and
are adapted for use on the Internet.
For all programmers and developers in the field of three-dimensional
Internet applications, The Java 3D API Specification, Second Edition is an essential resource.
Henry Sowizral, a Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems, is the chief
architect of the Java 3D API. He is an expert in virtual reality, large-
model visualization, and distributed systems. He is co-inventor of the
Time Warp simulation methodology.
Kevin Rushforth, a Senior Staff Engineer at Sun Microsystems, is a co-
architect of the Java 3D API. He has worked extensively in graphics
hardware simulation, microcode, and graphics pipeline software. He is
expert in such APIs as PHIGS+, XGL, and OpenGL, and such hardware devices
as the Ultra Creator3D.
Michael Deering is a Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems, where he
has led the company's 3D graphics technical strategy. He is a co-architect
of the Java 3D API and was the chief architect for a number of Sun's 3D
graphics hardware accelerators. He is an expert in virtual reality.
The Java 3D API Specification, by Henry Sowizral, Kevin Rushforth and Michael
Deering,
represents the definitive Java 3D API specification, providing
authoritative and detailed descriptions of each element of the API. It offers
an informative overview of Java 3D, comprehensive instructions for "scene
graph" definition and construction, and a detailed description of the Java 3D
View Model, an innovative model enabling applications to be displayed on a
wide array of devices.
The book also covers: input devices, such as six-degrees-of-freedom
trackers; picking mechanisms; behaviors and interpolators for animating
objects; and audio capabilities. The Java 3D Execution and Rendering
Model is described in depth, including the immediate, retained, and
compiled-retained modes.
Comprehensive and definitive, this book is an essential reference for any
Java programmer interested in entering the exciting world of
three-dimensional Internet applications.
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