Out of the Blue Design

Java 3D API Customer Success Stories

Out of the Blue Design

The company began alpha testing the Java 3D API in February 1998 and found that within a few weeks, programmers were able to create animated letters, drag cubes and morph objects for an educational game designed to teach the alphabet.

In November 1998, OBD was hired by Sun Microsystems to create a signature image for the launch of the Java 2 platform. The image needed to convey the security, compatibility, flexibility and stability of the Java 2 platform. To achieve this goal, OBD created, in VRML, a three dimensional house with each part representing a different component of the new platform. On the day of the launch, a JPEG JavaHouse demonstration filled the front page of java.sun.com. Using the same VRML content, OBD also created a Java 3D API tour where the viewer could watch the building blocks of the house assemble and move in and out of the building while it flew together. This animated Java 3D API-based version of the JavaHouse demonstration literally brought the signature image to life!

"We have been working with the Java 3D API for more than a year and continue to be impressed with it. The JavaHouse demonstration is a great example of a powerful image that could be developed into an exciting dynamic information source with the Java 3D API. These sorts of visualizations point to next generation communication solutions that I expect we will see more on the Internet, once designers actually understand the power and potential of interactive 3D technology. And, because the Java 3D API features geometry compression and is platform-independent, it is a natural solution for Web-based design, advertising, e-commerce and games."

Linda Hahner
President
Out of the Blue Design LLC
Vice President of Marketing for the Web3D Consortium

Out of the Blue Design Ltd.
461 Second Street, Suite T552
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 348-8711
http://www.outoftheblue.com