Further Information

I hope this tutorial has got you interested in programming with Java 3D. You should now know enough to program 3D scenes, or games like the Pyramid game at http://www.fungames.org.

There are several sources of information to help you learn more.

Courses

• A one week course in Java 3D is available:
  http://www.objectlessons.com/hjava3d.html

Online Information

• Java 3D comes with several useful examples, these are described at:
  http://www.java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/forDevelopers/J3D_1_2_API/j3dguide/AppendixExamples.html
• Sun’s tutorial is at:
  http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/collateral/
• The API documentation is at:
  http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/forDevelopers/j3dapi/index.html
• My site is at:
  http://www.java3d.org

 

Books

There are not many good books on Java 3D, but you could try these:

• Java 3D API Jump-Start, by Aaron E. Walsh and Doug Gehringer
  
  
• 3D User Interfaces with Java 3D, by John Barrilleaux
  
  
• Java 3D Programming, by Daniel Selman
  
• The Java 3D API Specification (With CD-ROM), by Henry Sowizral, Kevin Rushforth, Michael Deering
  

or these books that explain the mathematics of 3D graphics:

• Computer Graphics : Principles and Practice, by James D. Foley et al
  
  
• Mathematics for Computer Graphics Applications, by Michael E. Mortenson
  




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