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girlgeek
12-08-2003, 07:47 PM
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microso...ves/001097.html (http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/001097.html)

A look at 'Looking Glass'

Simon Phipps, chief technology evangelist for Sun Microsystems, describes his experiences using Project Looking Glass, Sun's prototype three-dimensional computer desktop, in this post (http://www.webmink.net/2003_11_30_oldblog.htm#107039048818559134) on his weblog. He also points to images and a video demonstration of the technology.

The company has said the Project Looking Glass concept may ultimately be incorporated into the Java Desktop System, the low-cost, Linux-based system that Sun is offering as an alternative to Microsoft Windows and Office. There was more news on that today:
Sun Strikes Software Deal with United Kingdom (http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=46523).


If you click on the first link titled "this post," it will take you to a demonstration.
Candice
12-08-2003, 09:58 PM
good innovation!!! :okthumb:
Mike AI
12-08-2003, 10:21 PM
I have always been a fan of Sun....

I used to love their stock as well! :rokk:
girlgeek
12-08-2003, 11:53 PM
Originally posted by Mike AI@Dec 8 2003, 07:29 PM
I have always been a fan of Sun....

I used to love their stock as well! :rokk:
:D

I used to love their stock, too, and was quite upset when I had to sell it all at their price peak. See, my contract at TechTV said I couldn't own tech stocks, in order to maintain my editorial integrity. A few months later, I wasn't so disappointed!
Edd
12-09-2003, 09:57 AM
kinda cool - though SONY had an app almost exactly like this a few years back with their first attempt at a "media system" - ran on win95 if I recall - and it "faked" the 3d thing kinda the same way this does... if i can get it to work at home i'll take some grabs....

as for myself, I've been waiting patiently since the mid 80s for a TRUE gibsonian interface - a "world" environment constructed of data. As dumb as the film was, Johnny Mnemonic had the first best representation of the interface I've always longed for..