InWorld's J3D 3D API for Java Developers.SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 1997--InWorld VR, Inc., a leading Virtual Reality firm since 1993, announces the release of the J3D SpaceCrafter API, a 3D Graphics and Virtual Reality toolkit. For the first time, Java developers can build platform-independent, real-time 3D graphics applications that will successfully display real-time 3D graphics on any Java enabled browser without the need for cumbersome plug-ins. See a real-time demo of J3D at http://www.inworldvr.com/java3d . InWorld's J3D toolkit is designed for Java programmers who want to create 3D graphics, games and Virtual Reality environments for use on the Internet and Intranets. With the J3D toolkit, programmers can use, build and control highly interactive 3D worlds, and J3D's functions can be integrated into Java applets and Java applications. J3D is so easy to use that even beginning Java programmers can start building 3D worlds in no time. Features include: - Flat shaded, wireframe An umbrella term for a general outline of some structure. For example, the rough design of Web pages may be called wireframes. See wireframe modeling. or mixed rendering modes (Future versions will support texture mapping In computer graphics, the application of a type of surface to a 3D image. A texture can be uniform, such as a brick wall, or irregular, such as wood grain or marble. The common method is to create a 2D bitmapped image of the texture, called a "texture map," which is then "wrapped around" ). - Z sorted sprites/animations/decals. - Native 24-bit color. - Hierarchical attachments and Pivot Points. - World, View, Local translation and rotation. - Ability to build and modify geometry in real-time. - Built in Terrain Following Functions. - Simple and Complex Collision Detection See CSMA/CD and collision avoidance system. (networking) collision detection - A class of methods for sharing a data transmission medium in which hosts transmit as soon as they have data to send and then check to see whether their transmission has suffered a collision with . - Programmable Hither/Yon planes. - Multiple 3D Clipping and Sorting Algorithms. - Ability to `Unwrap' the rendering Pipeline. - Access to All Image Buffers. - Multiple Lighting. - Gradient Skies, Horizon planes. - 2D-3D Screen to Object Picking. - Multitude of stock 3D Objects. J3D's interface is easily extended. The package includes dozens of code examples showing the creation of models and environmental effects. Interested parties can acquire a pre-release beta version A pre-shipping release of hardware or software that has gone through alpha test. A beta version of software is supposed to be very close to the final product, but, in practice, it is more a way of getting users to test the software in the first place under real conditions. of InWorld's J3D API for US $50.00. Syndesis Corporation, makers of InterChange(TM) 3D file format translation software for Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. and SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. , will add support for the J3D file format. With this, content developers can convert more than fifty 3D modeling file formats to J3D form. See www.threedee.com for more information. NOTE: InWorld is a registered trademark of InWorld VR, Inc. J3D and SpaceCrafter are trademarks of InWorld VR, Inc. Java is a trademark of Sun Inc. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies. CONTACT: InWorld VR, Inc. 415/331-5004 415/331-5010 FAX email: inworld@inworldvr.com homepage: www.inworldvr.com Jeffrey Donovan: jeffrey@inworldvr.com Frank Still: frank@inworldvr.com |
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