This page contains links to some useful material for Java 3D. Note that lecture handouts and practical sheets are available through the Lecture Notes and Practicals links in the menu bar to the left.

Books

• Andrew Davison, Killer Game Programming in Java, O'Reilly 2005, ISBN 0-596-00730-2

Java 3D Tutorial

This is the original Sun Java 3D tutorial. It is fairly heavy going but contains lots of useful information. Much of the 3D lecture material is taken from this tutorial. The full tutorial is provided here as a reference only.

• Overview
• Getting Started
• Creating Geometry
• Easier Content Creation
• Interaction
• Animation
• Lighting
• Textures

Software

• Java 3D
• Java 3D API
• Java 3D demos
• Code examples from the Java 3D tutorial are available at \\Fs0\courses\CSC9N6\Java3D\Examples
• Non-Java3D 3D stuff:
• JOGL: Java binding to Open GL
• JOGL demos
• jMonkeyEngine: Java 3D game engine