   Is Java 3D obsolete?
  2 years ago I bought the book "Java 3D API Jump-Start" by Aaron E. Walsh & Doug Gehringer from Amazon. When I got it, I found the code extremely difficult and tossed the book aside. Now that I know 10x more Java than I did before, I am considering taking another look at my "forgotten" book. My only concern is if Java 3D is still in cirulation like other popular API's. I do not want to learn an API that might be shunned-out by Sun in a couple of months. Your opinion?   
  Take a look at the JOGL OpenGL bindings instead. Java 3D has been expected to be declared dead since around 2003.   ;  Java3D is officially being deprecated and JOGL is officially being merged into the Java spec. As to when this happens, your guess is as good as mine.   ;  ...except that Java3D is a scenegraph API, whereas Jogl (and the more reliable LWJGL) are pretty much straight OpenGL interfaces. If you want a more current equivilent then you might want to try Xith3D or JMe;Quote:Original post by OrangyTang...except that Java3D is a scenegraph API, whereas Jogl (and the more reliable LWJGL) are pretty much straight OpenGL interfaces. If you want a more current equivilent then you might want to try Xith3D or JMeI'm talking about the official 3D API of java. Sun will be nixig J3D for JOGL.   ;Quote:Java3D is officially being deprecated and JOGL is officially being merged into the Java spec.Do you have a source to confirm this? I googled http://java.sun.com and didn't see anything mentioning this. I certainly hope this is true though. I'd far rather use JOGL than Java3D.   ;Quote:Original post by tool_2046Quote:Java3D is officially being deprecated and JOGL is officially being merged into the Java spec.Do you have a source to confirm this? I googled http://java.sun.com and didn't see anything mentioning this. I certainly hope this is true though. I'd far rather use JOGL than Java3D.google "java3d replaced by jogl" later. The site is currently down for "maintenacne" [sic]. Yeah, that's great. It's definitely an official change from Sun.   ;  How is Jogl any better than Java3D?  I remember using Java3D for a class in college, and it was mighty complicated then...don't know if it's any different now.   ;  Everything in java seems complicated to me.  Not to say difficult, but unneccesarily complicated.   ;  what api is looking glass programmed with?   