A New Perspective on Reversi: The JavaFX 3D Scene Graph

The Reversi application is starting to shape up, but is in need of a little perspective to make it more visually appealing. JavaFX comes with 3D capabilities that let you do transformations on your scene graph objects to create more advanced visual effects. We take advantage of these 3D capabilities to make the Reversi application more visually appealing.

You cannot import full 3D models into a JavaFX application today, however, you can manipulate your 2D scene graph objects in three dimensions, allowing you to give your application a 3D look and feel. The 3D Scene Graph capabilities are available only if you have a supported graphics card, so it is important to have a 2D UI to fall back on if the client machine does not have the right hardware.