Wednesday's JavaOne has been interesting. There's been some interesting talks and I've been able to see old friends. I've also had an opportunity to meet with lots of cool people and spread the word about Ardor3D.

One common thread I've noticed while talking to folks here is that there is a definitely a hunger for a product in Ardor3d's niche but with the editor simplicity of a Unity or platform integration of an XNA. This has long been a desire of mine as well, and some of the impetus behind the start of Ardor3D. I think now with technologies offered in newer Java releases and the possibility of the recently unveiled Java Store, this dream is closer to a viable reality (either for myself or someone else in the Java gaming community.) The last missing piece of the puzzle really is proper funding to make it happen. Only so much can be done out of love when it is a task secondary to feeding your family.

Semi related to the above I guess is a recently published JavaOne Rock Star interview, which I think makes me sound more impressive then the reality. :) As usual, I'm sure I was not clear on a few things, like when I said 6u10 not available on the Mac, I was referring to the newer Java browser plugin and similar sorts of improved consumer experiences. I'm told by folks here that this "is coming" though so we'll see...