Project Looking Glass
3D desktop project sponsored by Sun Microsystems / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Project Looking Glass is a now inactive free software project under the GPL to create an innovative 3D desktop environment for Linux, Solaris, and Windows. It was sponsored by Sun Microsystems.
Developer(s) | LG3D developers |
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Initial release | 2003; 21 years ago (2003) |
Final release | 1.0.1
/ January 29, 2007 (2007-01-29) |
Written in | Java |
Operating system | Linux, Solaris, Windows |
Type | Desktop environment |
License | GNU General Public License |
Website | java |
Looking Glass is programmed in the Java language using the Java 3D system to remain platform independent. Despite the use of graphics acceleration features, the desktop explores the use of 3D windowing capabilities for both existing application programs and ones specifically designed for Looking Glass.
There is a Live CD available from Project Looking Glass.[1] The Looking Glass environment is also included on a Live DVD (FunWorks 2007 edition) from the Granular Linux project.[2][3]