3d Programming Linux
 

Hello,

I am very new to 3d programming,

I am planning to make an application that will display the graphs or some other graphic content on the basis of the user request. & want to display in web browser.

So can you all please suggest me,
in terms of the programming language (PHP, JAVA-3D, JAVA-OpenGL) to be chosen and why?
so that web pages can be accessed from the normal PC with less plugins/overhead and should be fast also.

Regards
-Rohan

Well, VRML is supposedly the thing to use for 3D graphics in browsers, but it hasn't really taken off and it can be hard to find and install a VRML plugin for your browser. Java is probably the way to go, since it's so ubiquitous.

But then again, it may not be appropriate; you didn't really specify what kind of graphic content needs to be displayed, and what sort of user input it's based on. You may be better served by using Flash, a Blender plugin, or something else entirely. If you're very new to 3D programming, I'd suggest doing something simpler (like a standalone application) before trying to make a web-enabled 3D application.

Thanks for the reply wapcaplet,

Actually i am planning to make an application that shall find the locaion of the car in car parking. so for that i need to make a 3d map of the building and the car. The request from webpage can change, as guard can also see the specific type of cars, in the 3d map.

any comment is highly appreciated

Python + OpenGL + GLUT.

http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net/

That will give you a nice simple way to make standalone programs that draw 3d stuff.

As for this comment:
& want to display in web browser

Dunno. If you're really married to the idea of running the thing in a browser, your best bet is probably Java + Java3d.

Thanks John & all,

Regards
-Rohan