If you came to JavaOne 2012 or watched they keynote online you would have seen a cool proof of concept we did along with Canoo and Navis. In case you missed it, its on YouTube:

It was built on a early JavaFX prototype with added 3D mesh, Camera and Lighting support. The first public build of JavaFX 8 with the official support for this is now out for you to download, yay!

Download Java 8 EA b77 (including 3D) …

At the moment there is only support for Windows but a OpenGL version for other platforms is being worked on.

For a list of 3D features that are being worked on then check out the Open JFX wiki:

wikis.oracle.com – OpenJDK – 3D Features

Here is a very simple example to help you get started:

I can’t wait to see what sort of cool things you guys will be able to do with it 🙂