Editing Java 3D (section)

==History==
[[Intel]], [[Silicon Graphics]], [[Apple Computer|Apple]], and [[Sun Microsystems|Sun]] all had [[retained mode]] [[scene graph]] APIs under development in 1996. Since they all wanted to make a Java version, they decided to collaborate in making it. That project became Java 3D. Development was underway already in 1997. A public beta version was released in March 1998. The first version was released in December 1998. From mid-2003 through summer 2004, the development of Java 3D was discontinued. In the summer of 2004, Java 3D was released as a community source project, and [[Sun Microsystems|Sun]] and volunteers have since been continuing its development.

On January 29, 2008, it was announced that improvements to Java 3D would be put on hold to produce a 3D scene graph for [[JavaFX]]<ref>{{cite web
| url= http://www.java.net/node/674071
| title= ANNOUNCEMENT: Java 3D plans
| publisher= [[Sun Microsystems]]
| date= 2008-01-29
| access-date= 2011-05-11
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120310231138/http://www.java.net/node/674071
| archive-date= 2012-03-10
| url-status= dead
}}</ref> JavaFX with 3D support was eventually released with Java 8.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/8-whats-new-2157071.html
| title= What's New in JDK 8
| publisher= [[Oracle Corporation]]
| date= 2014-03-18}}</ref> The JavaFX 3D graphics functionality has more or less come to supersede Java 3D.

Since February 28, 2008, the entire Java 3D source code is released under the [[GPL#Version 2|GPL version 2]] license with [[GPL linking exception]].<ref>{{cite web
| url= http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=261477&tstart=0#261477
| title= ANNOUNCE: GPL open source release
| publisher= [[Sun Microsystems]]
| date= 2008-02-28
| accessdate= 2008-02-29
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080324111722/http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=261477&tstart=0#261477
| archive-date= 2008-03-24
| url-status= dead
}}</ref>

Since February 10, 2012, Java 3D uses [[Java OpenGL|JOGL]] 2.0 for its hardware accelerated OpenGL rendering. The port was initiated by Julien Gouesse.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://forum.jogamp.org/Java3D-now-works-with-JOGL-2-0-td3732206.html
| title= Java3D now works with JOGL 2.0
| publisher= Julien Gouesse
| date= 2012-10-02
| accessdate= 2012-10-02}}</ref>