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.

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 ...

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 ...