Java has been criticized as being too slow to run applications such as computer-aided design that tax a computer's 3D graphics abilities, but the Java3D extension changes that, Loiacono said.

Alice 3–expected to debut later this week, according to university officials–is designed to teach programming using a "drag and drop" interface to create 3D animations. The latest version, which will ...

A 3D first-person problem-solving adventure game has been developed by computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego. Players in the game use the Java programming language to ...