Last time I wrote a new, JCHAI3D was buggy, slow and not working at all... but why? The answer is simple: pointers. Yeah. CHAI3D uses LOTS of pointers through it's code and this gave to us LOT, LOT and LOT of work. Since Java does not have pointers, we have to mimic the behaviours to JCHAI3D and make sure that the effects are the same. Furthermore, our team was with slow computers to develop and spare time to work.... read more
After six months of heavy development to port CHAI3D to Java we finally have something working.
Now we can read and render models with material and transparency properties. Also is possible to control light sources.
Haptic devices is recognized by jChai3D, but they don't work yet.
Note that there is no alpha version disponible to download yet and all lib is under heavy test and adjusting. We still have some port to do.... read more