Examine a matrix of Sun OpenGL API and Java 3D API functionality to determine which product contains the best match of functions to your needs.   Title OpenGL Java 3D Product Summary Sun OpenGL API for Solaris Operating Environment, SPARC Platform Edition provides a complete set of low level API functions for developing and deploying interactive 2D/3D applications across the range of SPARC workstations. Java 3D API is a network-centric, scene-graph based 3D graphics API, that revolutionizes 3D graphics application development across diverse markets. Platforms Solaris Operating Environment (SPARC Platform Edition only) Other platforms available from various vendors. Solaris Operating Environment (SPARC Platform Edition only) Windows 95 Windows NT Data Types 2D, 3D, 4D 2D, 3D Basic Primitives Point Lines Triangles Bitmaps Point Lines Triangles Bitmaps Complex Primitives Quads Meshes Polygons Fans Strips Through utility library Nurbs Quads Polygons Trifans TriStrips Through utility library Box Cones Cylinder Spheres Texture Mapping (1D, 2D, 3D) Yes Yes MIP Mapping Yes Yes Scene Graph No Yes Color Spaces RGBA Index Color Model RGBA Rendering Modes Immediate Retained Mode achieved through display list Immediate Retained Compiled-Retained Mixed-mode (Combination of the above 3) Image Processing Yes No Affine and Projective Transform Yes Yes Lighting, Fog Yes Yes Double and Z-Buffering, Accumulation, Stereo Yes Yes Transparent Overlays Yes Yes Stenciling Yes No Anti-aliasing, Blending Yes Yes Dithering Yes No Logical Operations Yes No Geometry Compression Yes Yes Picking Facility Yes Yes 3D Sound Support No Yes Morphing No Yes Billboard No Yes Execution Culling No Yes View Frustum Culling No Yes Occlusion Culling Yes (Occlusion Test Only) Yes Collision Detection No Yes Input Device Support No Yes Behaviors No Yes 3D Text No Yes Flexible View Model No Yes

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