<s>
Java	B-Language
3D	I-Language
is	O
a	O
scene	O
graph-based	O
3D	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
for	O
the	O
Java	B-Device
platform	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
either	O
OpenGL	B-Application
or	O
Direct3D	B-Application
until	O
version	O
1.6.0	O
,	O
which	O
runs	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
OpenGL	I-Language
(	O
JOGL	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
1.2	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
3D	I-Language
has	O
been	O
developed	O
under	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Community	I-Language
Process	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Java	B-Language
3D	I-Language
scene	B-Data_Structure
graph	I-Data_Structure
is	O
a	O
directed	O
acyclic	O
graph	O
(	O
DAG	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
other	O
solutions	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
3D	I-Language
is	O
not	O
only	O
a	O
wrapper	B-Language
around	O
these	O
graphics	O
APIs	B-Application
,	O
but	O
an	O
interface	O
that	O
encapsulates	O
the	O
graphics	O
programming	O
using	O
a	O
true	O
object-oriented	B-Language
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Here	O
a	O
scene	O
is	O
constructed	O
using	O
a	O
scene	B-Data_Structure
graph	I-Data_Structure
that	O
is	O
a	O
representation	O
of	O
the	O
objects	O
that	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
shown	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
scene	B-Data_Structure
graph	I-Data_Structure
is	O
structured	O
as	O
a	O
tree	O
containing	O
several	O
elements	O
that	O
are	O
necessary	O
to	O
display	O
the	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
3D	I-Language
offers	O
extensive	O
spatialized	B-Application
sound	I-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
3D	I-Language
and	O
its	O
documentation	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
separately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
not	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Development	I-Language
Kit	I-Language
(	O
JDK	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
,	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
,	O
Apple	O
,	O
and	O
Sun	O
all	O
had	O
retained	O
mode	O
scene	B-Data_Structure
graph	I-Data_Structure
APIs	B-Application
under	O
development	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
they	O
all	O
wanted	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
Java	B-Device
version	O
,	O
they	O
decided	O
to	O
collaborate	O
in	O
making	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
project	O
became	O
Java	B-Language
3D	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
mid-2003	O
through	O
summer	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
3D	I-Language
was	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2004	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
3D	I-Language
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
community	O
source	O
project	O
,	O
and	O
Sun	O
and	O
volunteers	O
have	O
since	O
been	O
continuing	O
its	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
29	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
improvements	O
to	O
Java	B-Language
3D	I-Language
would	O
be	O
put	O
on	O
hold	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
3D	O
scene	B-Data_Structure
graph	I-Data_Structure
for	O
JavaFX	B-Application
JavaFX	B-Application
with	O
3D	O
support	O
was	O
eventually	O
released	O
with	O
Java	B-Device
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JavaFX	B-Application
3D	O
graphics	O
functionality	O
has	O
more	O
or	O
less	O
come	O
to	O
supersede	O
Java	B-Language
3D	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
February	O
28	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
entire	O
Java	B-Language
3D	I-Language
source	O
code	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	O
version	O
2	O
license	O
with	O
GPL	B-Application
linking	I-Application
exception	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
February	O
10	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
3D	I-Language
uses	O
JOGL	B-Language
2.0	O
for	O
its	O
hardware	O
accelerated	O
OpenGL	B-Application
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
3D	I-Language
is	O
not	O
the	O
only	O
high-level	O
API	B-Application
option	O
to	O
render	O
3D	O
in	O
Java	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
part	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
pause	O
in	O
development	O
during	O
2003	O
and	O
2004	O
,	O
several	O
competing	O
Java	B-Device
scene	B-Data_Structure
graph	I-Data_Structure
technologies	O
emerged	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
those	O
,	O
many	O
other	O
C	O
or	O
C++	O
scene	B-Data_Structure
graph	I-Data_Structure
APIs	B-Application
offer	O
Java	B-Device
support	O
through	O
JNI	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
a	O
lower	O
level	O
,	O
the	O
JOGL	B-Language
(	O
JSR	O
231	O
)	O
OpenGL	B-Application
bindings	O
for	O
Java	B-Device
are	O
a	O
popular	O
alternative	O
to	O
scene	B-Data_Structure
graph	I-Data_Structure
APIs	B-Application
such	O
as	O
Java	B-Language
3D	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
LWJGL	B-Language
is	O
another	O
such	O
binding	O
.	O
</s>
