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        <title><![CDATA[Good J3D sources are hard to find]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've looked awhile for a good, in-depth book on J3D and have been frustrated. However, I find that the user forums at http://forums.java.net/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=70 can be pretty helpful though.Graphics programming using a scene graph as opposed to traditional GL/D3D styles of programming really does require a dramatically different way of thinking about your program. There are a lot of critical concepts/mechanisms like TransformGroups, Interpolators, ViewPlatforms, and updateCallback methods (to name but a few) that don't have an obvious analogue in traditional graphics programming approaches. There's a lot of depth to these concepts but in the sources I've come across so far they seem to receive only a functional, &quot;how do I do something?&quot; treatment as opposed to an in depth examination of their foundations.There are not that many books available on the topic of J3D and the few that I've checked out seem to just do GL-style approaches within J3D without really making the cognitive leap to the scene graph paradigm. Admittedly, I haven't done an exhaustive search of the available literature though, so I too would welcome suggestions for good Books and/or Tutorials.What I wish for is the equivalent of the OpenGL Red Book except for J3D.That said, I just ordered Computer Graphics Using Java 2D and 3D by Y. Daniel Liang, Hong Zhang and have my hopes up.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:59:50 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Books, Tutorials, etc.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can anybody recommend any excellent or good references (books, tutorials, papers, etc.)for someone who has some java experience, but no Java 3D experience?Thanks,gc]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:59:29 -0800</pubDate>
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