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Basic ideas

Java3D overview
Basic ideas
  • Like VRML, Java3D is used to create a scene graph:
  • A hierarchy of nodes and groups of nodes

  • Nodes are instances of Java3D classes
  • Shapes, groups, sounds, behaviors, etc.

  • Java3D applications build the scene graph programmatically
  • There is no Java3D file format
  • A VRML file loader is possible