Will Java ever create impressive 3D?
The other day I was looking into Processing (actually I was reading the blog of Felix Turner and stumbled on it)…
Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions…
Hmm, that sounds interesting. Even more interesting are the examples I found from Robert Hodgin and Lennyjpg:
To top that Processing has supporter developers that have integrated OpenGL textures and GPU-accelerated effects (GLGraphics) as well as connect it with Sunflow, a ray tracer written in Java (P5Sunflow).
Looking through the structure I can’t say it’s anything groundbreaking. The coding part is pretty standard. I’d even go as far as saying that Flash 3D is probably more promising (although it is meant to be on the same level as C++, with which there is no comparison really…)
Hopefully I’ve given you enough insight to check it out yourselves. If you want to experiment with graphics in Java (and I can’t stretch the word “experiment” enough), this is a good environment for you to start playing 
