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Sun releases Looking Glass 3D desktop

updated 04:55 pm EST, Fri December 22, 2006

Sun 3D desktop released


Sun has released its Looking Glass 3D desktop, offering a more advanced parallel to the Quartz Extreme effects in Mac OS X or the Aero Glass interface of Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista. The Sun interface allows users to treat program windows as 3D objects, flipping windows to see hidden programs or access special commands on the reverse side in a similar fashion to Apple's Dashboard widgets. The Looking Glass 3D desktop also features a dock-style launch bar, translucency, and the ability to move through 3D space to other virtual desktops, according to Electronista. The software developer notes that Looking Glass is platform-agnostic, running only as a Java layer on top of the main operating system. Sun says Linux, Solaris, and Windows versions are available as free downloads and apply regardless of whether the base operating system already supports the features.


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  1. tom_heijtink

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    Nice

    I hope the new OS of mac has a new interface so that we too can drop our jaws to the ground.

    Very nice!

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    re: nice

    I hope so too. Something that leaves Vista 5 years behind again.

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    OS X more than eye candy

    Well I don't care much for eye candy which is all Vista and Looking Glass are. Apple has Quartz 2D which allows for near perfect anti-aliasing of vector graphics and for some spectacular but very cheap vector drawing tools made by small companies. It also has core audio, cored image, core video, and in 10.5 core animation which are actually useful tools for productive work.

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    re: OS X more than eye ca

    No eye candy in Looking Glass. Everything is real and run on Java as a true 3D desktop. LG3D should run shortly on the MAC OS X as Java3D is now supported on MAC OS.

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