A short demo of Parallelgraphic's Cortona Jet applet (a Java VRML scene
renderer)
"The small cross-platform Java applet for viewing 3D".
Directions:
To see Cortona Jet working click on load scene
and wait a second.
To change background color of the Cortona Jet window click on set red background.
Navigation:
To move forward/backward drag your mouse forward or backward over the 3D window.
To roll the object drag your mouse left/right over the 3D window.
To turn the object drag your mouse over the 3D window while holding the right button.
To pan the object drag your mouse over the 3D window while holding the SHIFT key.
What did it take to get this working?
- Look at the instructions on the Parallelgraphics web site
- Click on this link to download and save the JAR file to your machine
http://www.parallelgraphics.com/bin/g3d.jar - Make a simple VRML scene (with lights)
- Put the following code into a HTML page and modify the it so that it points to the JAR & WRL files on your web site
- ftp the jar file, the HTML, and the WRL to your web site
- Test the results of your efforts
NOTE: Jet only supports a limited subset of VRML