Interactive web-based virtual reality with Java 3D

• Main Author: Ko, Chi Chung.
• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Cheng, Chang Dong.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: Java3D.; Java (Computer program language); Computer graphics.; Three-dimensional display systems.; Virtual reality.; Animation objects; Animation thread class for continuous movement; Aural environment; Canvas 3D configuration; Clip connecting for signal generator terminals; ConeSound; Customizing picking behavior class; Downloading software; Frame cycle time; Geometry objects; Interactive 3D Computer Graphics; Java3D program for a RotatingCube; Keyboard navigation; Knob class; Lighting, fog, and background; Main applet; Main mouse release event functions; Navigation detection; Picking for Web-based 3D experiment; PointSound; Ray segment picking shape; Scene graph implementation; Shape3D; Trigger point of oscilloscope; ViewManager; Virtual reality and JAVA 3D; VRML based circuit board object; Wakeup condition and criterion; Web-based virtual reality; Window eyepoint policy
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"This book provides both advanced and novice programmers with comprehensive, detailed coverage of all of the important issues in Java 3D"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Virtual Reality and Java 3D
• 2. Java 3D Overview
• 3. Geometry Objects
• 4. Appearance Objects
• 5. Textures
• 6. Lighting, Fog, and Background
• 7. Animation Objects
• 8. Interaction
• 9. Picking
• 10. Navigation, Input Devices, and Collision
• 11. Multiple Views
• 12. Audio
• 13. A Web-Based 3D Real Time Oscilloscope Experiment
• Appendix A. Downloading Software
• B. Running the Rotating Cube Program
• C. ViewManager
• D. Main Applet for Web-Based 3D Experiment
• E. Scene Graph Implementation for Web-Based 3D Experiment
• F. Knob Class for Web-Based 3D Experiment
• G. Navigation and Collision Detection for Web-Based 3D Experiment
• H. Picking for Web-Based 3D Experiment
• I. Program Summary and Screen Capture
• About the Authors
• Index.