Tag: Windows

Improved JOGL Integration in VTK (JogAmp 2.6.0)

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JOGL support in Kitware’s VTK has been improved with JogAmp v2.6.0 and merged on the VTK master branch. Initialization of the OpenGL function pointer is ensured as well as utilizing JOGL’s OpenGL function pointer lookup of used OpenGL context. Continue reading “Improved JOGL Integration in VTK (JogAmp 2.6.0)” →

Publishing on Sonatype’s Central Maven Repo

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Besides deploying on your own maven mirror repository, one usually also likes to deploy on Maven Central for stability and acceptance http://search.maven.org .

Jogamp lacked this feature since version 2.4.0, so I had to dive back into this matter – especially since Sonatype changed their procedures due to End-of-Life Sunset Date for OSSRH coinciding with Sonatype Nexus Repository 2 Sunsetting Information – both occurred on 2025-06-30. Since then, the Nexus Repository 3 and its (web) API is utilized under the hood. Continue reading “Publishing on Sonatype’s Central Maven Repo” →

Resurrecting a dying Species? Bring back Java™ to the Browser?

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While I was doing the admin work for the next JogAmp release 2.4.0 I added some old video teaser supporting the point of enabling high performance hardware accelerated features to anything Java™’ish for any platforms.

It rang some belts that all these demos were easily and interactive launched used Applets within the browser.
Sadly today, browser don’t support such plugin’s anymore, which enabled simplified launching of Java™ Applet’s and its seamless integration into the web page.

I well remember the debates back then, about bloated browsers and security issues. But what do we have today? Bigger (or bloated) browsers containing the VM implementation itself, only that this time it is not Java™ but a JavaScript VM. Not a big qualitative change, but a restriction to choice, IMHO. This move only disabled third parties enabling their content via the browser interface. Almost sounds like the old Microsoft and Firefox browser wars, only that this time all browser vendor are aligned and believe to be the good guys now 😉
Most notable for me is that the security issues has not changed here at all. Continue reading “Resurrecting a dying Species? Bring back Java™ to the Browser?” →

JogAmp @ SIGGRAPH 2012

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JogAmp: 2D/3D & Multimedia Across Devices

Tuesday, 7 August 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

JogAmp provides OpenGL and OpenCL across devices using Java. Showcasing font,
UI and video, high-level API utilization (Ardor3D, Java3D, etc.), and
applications on Android, Linux, Window, OSX, and Solaris.

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