the free 3D solution for Java and Android

jPCT - the main features

jPCT supports 3D hardware via OpenGL but also features a fast, multi-threaded software renderer.
It will run on any Java VM version 1.4 or higher.
You can render 3D in the browser, on the desktop, in fullscreen...even on a server without a GPU.

Looking for the Android version?

This is the feature set of the desktop Java version of jPCT. If you are looking for jPCT-AE's, the Android version's features instead, click here.

Features

jPCT with its easy to learn API offers you all the features you need to write a cool looking 3D game, simulation or business application in Java for the desktop (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris x86 ...) in a short time. There is no need for an extra library for collision detection or a seperate GUI package to replace Swing/AWT.

The basic features

loads 3DS, OBJ, MD2, ASC and XML files
support for octrees and portal rendering
keyframe animations (taken from a MD2-file or self defined)
skeletal animations via raft's Bones API
vertex lighting with an unlimited number of light sources
ambient, diffuse and specular lighting
build-in primitives like cones, cubes, spheres...
spherical environment mapping
render to texture
framebuffer post processing (includes a bloom/pseudo-HDR-implementation)
collision detection (ray-polygon, sphere-polygon and ellipsoid-polygon)
rotation interpolation and alignment for better camera control
generates vertex, face normals and tangent vectors automatically
geometry based picking
transparency effects
billboarding
lens flares
multi core support

The hardware renderer's features

single pass multi texturing using up to 4 texture stages
multi pass texturing using an unlimited number of texture layers
object compiler for better performance
shader support via GLSL
advanced fog and transparency settings
uses triangle strips, vertex arrays, VBO and FBO
support for Swing/AWT integration
support for fullscreen, native OpenGL window
supports RGB-scaling
projective textures
shadow mapping
uses the LWJGL
option to use JOGL instead of LWJGL
can be combined with FengGUI

The software renderer's features

fast perspective correct texture-mapping with 16 pixel scanline subdivision
32 bit W-Buffering
2x and 1.5x oversampling and 0.5x undersampling
texel filtering
environmental mapped bump mapping
sub-pixel, sub-texel and sub-color accuracy
span-based hidden surface removal algorithm
supports RGB-scaling and overbright lighting
supports alpha channels
per polygon mip mapping

Create awesome browser applets.

Create cool looking virtual worlds like this fantasy RPG running in full HD on Windows, Linux...

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