The Java(TM) 3D API Specification

By Kevin Rushforth, Michael Deering, Henry Sowizral

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 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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201325764
• ISBN13: 9780201325768
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding Technical Reference

I found this to be a very thorough technical reference on the Java 3D environment. Though it's available online through Sun's Java website, the printed version is conducive to bookmarks and highlighting. Keep in mind, though, that this is a technical reference. Sun's website has an excellent tutorial that explains the basic Java 3D constructs and walks you through several program examples.The API introduction describes...