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Looking Glass Beta Released 18
cereal3825 writes "Well Sun Microsystems Looking Glass has been released for testing. The Project can be found here. Though remember this is beta and a quote from the Getting Started Doc says 'This mode is still very much a work in progress. To date, only a few X11 applications run bug-free in this mode.' so dont expect a work of art."
Wait... (Score:2, Funny)
Where can I get me some of that?
Re:Wait... (Score:1)
Re:Wait... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wait... (Score:1)
It it was 0, it will become 1... it it was 1, it will become 0...
Runs endlessly without any problem... and it the end, it's the basis for much of the electronic we know today...
Cube for Windows (Score:5, Interesting)
Nice thing about cube, it looks like its all realtime, so all windows still have animation and updates. Not like those cheap 3d-desktops that just use static images of the appliation.
A terminal window would still update, a shockwave would still run, a movie would still play.
Too bad its still beta and no download, the example videos look great.
Re:Cube for Windows (Score:3, Interesting)
is anyone having the same problem? (Score:2)
Confusing? (Score:2)
Re:Confusing? (Score:2, Informative)
- Project Looking Glass has been tested on Sun Java Desktop System Release 1 and Release 2, RedHat 9, SuSE Linux 8.1."
Visix (Score:2, Informative)
Information density (Score:3, Insightful)
3-D perspective displays could provide more information density if they are able to provide shrunken 3-D like views that allowed you to fit more onto the screen. From the sample images, it does look like there is some screen space savings, by showing windows vertically rotated. But lots of space is wasted elsewhere. As a work in progress, it doesn't look like it would be a more productive environment yet.
Fantastic! (Score:3, Informative)
Just followed their instructions [java.net] for getting the Looking Glass up and Running and Yo!. That was a Fantastic Experience. Check out my Snapshots [symonds.net] captured using KSnapShot tool when the looking Glass was running over the TWM Window Manager. This was on a Dell Optiplex Gx260 having onboard Intel845 Video Card running Fedora Core2. When it really gets full fledged, believe me, all the desktops is going to be like playing a 3D game. Whole new features and a good extension to the present desktops. So Sun, I forgot what the business-men are saying, Kudos for your Technology [sun.com]!!!
Translucent windows - nice idea but... (Score:2)