Java 3D is a scene graph based 3D computer graphics Application_programming_interface for the Java programming language platform from Sun Microsystems. It typically runs on top of either OpenGL or Direct3D.

Comparing to other solutions Java 3D is not only a Wrapper around these graphics APIs but an interface that encapsulates the graphics programming using a real object-oriented concept. Here a scene is constructed using a scene graph that is a representation of the objects that have to be shown. This scene graph is structured as a tree containing several elements that are necessary to display the objects. Additionally Java 3D offers extensive spatialized sound support.

For some time Java 3D has been available as open source.

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