Programming Demonstration Application

Any ideas in what tools that i cold use in developing an animated 3D application for kids. I am hearing things about VRML and java3d but would like some expert advice on which tools would best suit. Which of these tools would be easy to work. Any good books to help ? Any ideas are appreciated.

[302 byte] By [Java_chic] at [2007-9-27 20:31:30]
# 1
Take a look at this site: http://www2.active.ch/~proxima/idx3d/idx3d.htmlThey provide source code for the demos also. But I found this may be a bit hard for beginner to Java3D.
hksdu2k at 2007-7-7 1:28:06 > top of Java-index,Other Topics,Java Game Development...
# 2

I would download Java3D and take a look at the J3Dfly application on the same page. If you haven't used it before I would say there is no such thing as simple 3D programming- the maths involved is quite hard and most people haven't really thought about geometry since school- but Java3D does a lot of the work for you. I have used it in one educational project and it has worked well for us.

Breakfast at 2007-7-7 1:28:06 > top of Java-index,Other Topics,Java Game Development...
# 3
Thanks but what do i have to do to download java 3D any tips or tricks.? 1 other question cau you control 3D graphics from java applets?
Java_chic at 2007-7-7 1:28:06 > top of Java-index,Other Topics,Java Game Development...
# 4
Java3D is just an extension API- all you need to do to install it is download it and run the installer. Once it is installed you are controlling all the 3D functionality exactly as you would any other part of Java.
Breakfast at 2007-7-7 1:28:06 > top of Java-index,Other Topics,Java Game Development...