Posted by Wade Walker on Aug 20, 2011; 1:00pm
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/Need-help-getting-started-with-glTranslate-tp3270178p3270508.html

Hi zonski,

You're probably experiencing view frustum clipping  You can check out links like http://www.lighthouse3d.com/tutorials/view-frustum-culling/ to see examples of how to change it. Essentially, OpenGL doesn't draw anything outside a truncated pyramid with its point on the camera.