The Planetarium

Given the recent price cuts in both Blu-ray discs and players, the steep growth predictions for sales of the players over the next couple of years seem more likely to be fulfilled. And every single one of them has Java on it !

The Java ME based-BDJ programming environment they carry lets developers add interactive content at key moments in the programming: from the moment of disc insertion, through the initial setup time, inbetween any frame they like in the content, and even to catching events generated by the remote control.

For Java developers, the bread and butter underpinning this exotic framework for creating the ultimate mashup, is no more than a subset of the familiar Java SE APIs, in the form of two of the Java ME building block called Personal Basis Profile (PBP).

Wanna play ? Check out the second most active project in the Mobile and Embedded Community, read this recent introductory article, or watch Bill's interview.