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, Mr. Loiacono said.

This online book will introduce the main concepts required to write a 3D game using the LWJGL 3 library. LWJGL is a Java library that provides access to native APIs used in the development of graphics ...

"I also have a fondness for Java 3D, which allows a programmer to get a good-looking 3D world up and running very quickly. 3D games are the hardest to code, but they're the coolest," he says.

Moreover, Java's object-oriented nature lends itself well to game development, making it easier to organize code, manage complexity, and facilitate code reuse. ... From casual puzzle games to ...

Jake2 is an open-source Java 3D game engine that is a port of the original Quake II engine. By leveraging the Google Web Toolkit (GWT), the team was able to cross-compile the Java code into ...

Java is also not terribly well optimized for 3D games like Minecraft, and wouldn't have run well on the first round of consoles it released on, which includes the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.