jirr, a binding making Irrlicht 1.2 usable in java has just been released in version 0.9 by Stefan Dingfelder.
In addition, Stefan is already working on jirrklang, a java binding for irrKlang, the free 3d audio engine, a demo can be already seen/heard in the techdemo of jirr. And if this would not be enough: A new release of irrklang (0.5) including several new features such as Linux support has been released as well now on ambiera.com.
http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/
