JavaFX and WebGL
Can we revisit this discussion?
Does anyone know further details around Oracle's reasoning behind WebGL support? Is it something which is possible for the future? What do we see as the pro's and con's of supporting this?
I understand that it would enable a feature which isn't universal yet. However, as iPads and iPhones are soon to adopt WebGL officially in the near future (as indicated through their use of it on iAd), I am hoping that Oracle too, revisits this. We should stay ahead of the curve, and I think that WebGL is an integral part of that curve.
There are too many awesome 3D rendering frameworks which we cannot take advantage of natively such as Three.js.
http://mrdoob.github.com/three.js/
Without WebGL, we are forced to use primitive and less attractive features when programming in the embedded browser.
Consider this compatible graphing framework:
http://www.graphycalc.com/
With it's WebGL equivalent:
http://www.webdev20.pl/skins/default/js/demos/3d_grapher/webgl_ploter.html
It's like comparing a Yugo to a Porsche.
- Pat