Java Bindings for OpenGL - Demos

Overview

The JOGL-Demos project contains Java programming language demonstrations utilizing OpenGL through the JOGL API. Demonstrations exhibit advanced functionality such as vertex programs, shadow maps and hardware-accelerated offscreen rendering via pbuffers. Most of the demos were ported from C or C++; in which case a link to the original sources is provided.

The demos below require Java Web Start, which is included in J2SE 1.4.2; click the images to launch the demos. Where there are no hardware or operating system requirements listed, the demos run on any vendor's graphics card and on any of Solaris/SPARC, Linux/x86, Windows/x86, and Macintosh OS X 10.3 Developer Preview 1.

The source code for these demonstrations is available via CVS.

NOTE: there is a known problem with the java.net web server which causes the jars to be re-downloaded each time any of these demos is launched. This issue is being worked on. Putting Java Web Start in offline mode may work around the problem.

Useful Links

JOGL Home
Demo documentation

Downloads

Precompiled binaries and documentation

Hardware Shadow Mapping

	Description		Requirements
	Shadowing demo using projective texture technique of hardware shadow maps. Original source code supplied in NVidia's Cg Toolkit.		NVidia GeForce 3 or better; Windows or Linux operating systems (pbuffer support not yet exposed in JOGL on Mac OS X)

Infinite Shadow Volumes

	Description		Requirements
	Shadowing demo using geometric technique of infinite shadow volumes. Original source code by NVidia.		None

Vertex Program Warp

	Description		Requirements
	Geometrical deformations performed on the graphics card using ARB_vertex_program. Original source code by NVidia.		Any card with ARB_vertex_program support

Vertex Program Refract

	Description		Requirements
$Launch Vertex Prog Refract demo$	Real-time reflection and refraction with chromatic aberration using ARB_vertex_program and register combiners. Original source code by NVidia.		NVidia GeForce 2 or better

Procedural Texture Physics

	Description		Requirements
	Runs a physics-based water simulation entirely on the graphics card using register combiners, texture shaders and pbuffers. Original source code by NVidia.		NVidia GeForce 3 or better; Windows or Linux operating systems (pbuffer support not yet exposed in JOGL on Mac OS X)

Gears

	Description		Requirements
	Classic OpenGL demo. Original source code by Brian Paul; converted to Java by Ron Cemer and Sven Goethel.		None

Vertex Buffer Object

	Description		Requirements
	Demonstrates high-throughput dynamic geometry using ARB_vertex_buffer_object extension. Original source code by NVidia; ported both to Java/JOGL and ARB_vertex_buffer_object extension.		Any card supporting the ARB_vertex_buffer_object extension

Vertex Array Range

	Description		Requirements
	Demonstrates high-throughput dynamic geometry using NVidia vertex_array_range extension. Original source code by NVidia.		NVidia GeForce series card; Windows or Linux (JOGL's vertex_array_range support not yet ported to Mac OS X)