Interactive web pages with Java

Ken Lenga, Robert G. Clapp, and Jon F. Claerbout

krl@sep.stanford.edu, bob@sep.stanford.edu, jon@sep.stanford.edu  

ABSTRACT

Recently, Sun introduced Java, a new programming language with machine independent object files. Java, and the Java Browser, provides the next step in web browser technology by bringing over machine independent byte codes and interpreting them on the local machine rather than the host machine. This capability opens up a new realm of possibilities in information transfer and interactive displays. This summer SEP tested Java's capabilities by developing an interactive web-based demo of wave propagation, a frame viewer (similar to SEP's old Animator), and a cube viewer.