Looking Glass

Although it is practically dead project, please remember that we developers were very serious about this kind of UI -- the usage of 3D-ness in 2D-based desktop environment.

And please remember that this demo was given back in 2003 (well before OS X Leopard and Vista).

We were really really serious...

I'm totally ashamed that I couldn't drive the project successfully. But back then, Sun started became very very tight in terms of financial, and it was tough for us too... (lame excuses)

Mr. Kawahara, I remember watching this video (and others) 6 years ago and being extremely excited about Project Looking Glass. Please don't listen to people who disrespect your work. Even though Looking Glass may never become a commercial product, you have without a doubt influenced the 3d desktop products we have today.

Thank you for showing the world this was possible and exciting us all.

Thanks you for warm message! (p.s. please just call me Hideya :-)

I'm actually the guy who started Project Looking Glass (hideya kawahara). I just posted notes about the practically death of the project. Please search "Announcement: INACTIVE (PRACTICALLY DEAD) since late 2006" (w/o double-quotes) and check out the announcement (in YT, I cannot put any URL...)
BTW, I agree with you, sold13r45. Sadly, Sun used it as a marketing-ware, and didn't become serious about it...
sigh...

Hideya

NOTE: Google can find the announcement. Currently Yahoo cannot. So, please use Google to find the page.

This would be interesting in conjunction with the head-tracking tech...

dam i wish i knew more about my computer....

XGL and Compiz are overrated. :)

i can't get it to work in ubuntu intrepid, it can't install the lg3d core so i can't use it as a window manager :-(

Solaris 10 is.