Posted by Xerxes Rånby on Jun 22, 2013; 11:27am
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/Java3D-crash-intel-4000-tp4029426p4029432.html

Quite a lot of OpenGL projects have started to observe crashes at startup on the Surface Pro after the May 14th firmware upgrade.

http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/mission-planner-crash-after-w8-updates

"Speaking of tablets, some users reported running the game on Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablet, but that didn’t come without problems: the latest video drivers ship with a bug that crashes any OpenGL game at startup…"
http://inthekillhouse.com/dev-diary/

http://www.errordetails.com/210606/surface-firmware-update-breaks-second-bunch-opengl-programs

Thus this issue is most likely related to a bad OpenGL driver update. Try report the driver issue to Microsoft.
Installing the Intel drivers should fix the issue.