I am gonna be writing java code to plot 3D point clouds. Someone suggested me to go for java 3D libraries however it is apparently dead (this reference) and not apparently good idea go to with JMonkey either (same reference). That link was posted in 2009 and we are in 2012. All I want to do is to plot a dense 3D point cloud, say 5 million points, and to be able to rotate it / or zoom in real-time. I know the algorithms for rendering and stuff however I need a set of 3D java library with active community and support ( if any).
Please consider Desktop and also Web applications while suggesting me the solution.
Thanks a lot
and not apparently good idea go to with JMonkey either (same reference)
What you reference there is more than three years old, ancient in terms of technology.
jME has come back in a big way since then. jME3 is it an extraordinarily stable beta with Android support, improved physics support (both JBullet as well as a native wrapper), an SDK with scene editor, lots of user-contributed plugins, and an extremely active community.
There are a number of successful games making use of it as well, most notably Mythruna and 3079.
What you're looking to do is easily accomplished in jME and we'd invite you to come on over and try it out. http://jmonkeyengine.org