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Sun's Looking Glass 3D Desktop Released

Posted December 22, 2006 1:56 PM

From Extremetech:

Sun Microsystems this week released "Looking Glass," a 3D desktop interface that provides an OS-neutral version of some of the elements found in OS X and Microsoft's newly-released Vista OS. Looking Glass, which was first shown off in 2003 and released as an open-source project in 2004, allows users to run a Java-based desktop environment on top of Windows, or on Linux or Solaris. The software allows certain applications to be run in a "2.5D" environment, allowing them to be rotated in 3D space to maximize the available desktop space.

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Re: Sun's Looking Glass 3D Desktop Released

12/23/2006 9:32 AM

There's more: Sun is soon to release the Open-Source version of Looking Glass. Read about it here. Sweet!

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Re: Sun's Looking Glass 3D Desktop Released

01/02/2007 3:30 PM

Project Looking Glass is already open-source. Check lg3d.dev.java.net :-)

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