3D Banana Animation - conceptual help please!

I'm looking for some feedback concerning a 3D applet that I am about to write this week. A big thanks in advance to anyone who can help me!
I am new to Java 3D, but I am looking to write a program where a "banana character" will juggle. Here is how I have envisioned it, but I am open to anything. I would create the "character" as a series of .obj files using Maya or some other program that I have yet to determine. Then, I would simply morph... can it really BE that easy? Does all of this sound feasible? Thank you!

Hello,
I have done some experiments in this direction and you can see a sample under
http://www.btconsulting.ch/paper/java3d/btc_3d_articles_preview.html
The walking man (see animations) was prepared using a series of .obj files. I generated a sequence of images out of J3D (using ImageIO and JA) and packed the whole stuff in an animated gif for demo purposes.
It works but according to the size of the generated .obj files you may need memory if the intention is
to create many subjects in your scene. Since your intention is to use Applets, consider the time required
for the applet to download all the serie. In my case, the walking man was taking about 500 KBytes per frame/position.
If however your "banana subject" will be alone on the virtual universe, or you can create it using a small sized serie of .obj files, maybe the ".obj series" approach can fit your needs.
I also did some experiments by placing animated gifs and videotextures on J3D based scenes. If you have a banana subject moving in a 3D animated gif, this may be also an option that may save space.
hope this will give you some hints

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