Looking Glass - Real 3d desktop - The reference !!!

[David Ferré]

Dear friends, i would like to inform u about a SUN project called looking
glass. It is a real 3d desktop, it mean than the system (desktop) use all the
3d graphic card power!!

There are some pictures here:
http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/details.xml

There is a working video here:
http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/demo.xml

I hope windows do that!!

[Tyler Brown]

Yes, yes. This is an interesting project, one that many of us are aware
of. Avalon however is not meant to be a 3D desktop. Avalon is meant to
provide an easy way to add 3D elements to your applications. For
example, visualizing data in 3D. Not to throw around your applications
around a sphere.

Tyler Brown

Post by David Ferré
Dear friends, i would like to inform u about a SUN project called looking
glass. It is a real 3d desktop, it mean than the system (desktop) use all the
3d graphic card power!!
http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/details.xml
http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/demo.xml
I hope windows do that!!

[bonk]

Another thing is, that looking glass has always been explicitly ugly ...

Post by Tyler Brown
Yes, yes. This is an interesting project, one that many of us are aware
of. Avalon however is not meant to be a 3D desktop. Avalon is meant to
provide an easy way to add 3D elements to your applications. For example,
visualizing data in 3D. Not to throw around your applications around a
sphere.
Tyler Brown

Post by David Ferré
Dear friends, i would like to inform u about a SUN project called looking
glass. It is a real 3d desktop, it mean than the system (desktop) use all
http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/details.xml
http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/demo.xml
I hope windows do that!!

[Wilhelm]

Now that I have followed closely the releases of Longhorn's builds, and other
releases like avalon and indigo for windows xp, I know that what you can do
with avalon and indigo has no limits, because we are being provided with such
rich set of API's. What I saw in the looking glass demo made me sware I would
never look that ugly thing at a computer store (if it ever comes out to the
market). And I saw examples in a recent build of longhorn in which you could
stack the windows when your pressed a certain keys. So I think longhorn has
provided us with very exciting technologies, which can be exploited to their
maximum with visual studio 2005.
And I think that this will ultimately make users see that Windows Longhorn
will be the best option, because it will be a pretty operating system (in the
graphics aspect), and it will be the most advanced OS as always because it
has the best things under the hood, the most important security.

But one think I would like to receive from the MSDN is a series of guides in
which we could learn how to use all the power of Avalon and Indigo.

Post by bonk
Another thing is, that looking glass has always been explicitly ugly ...

Post by Tyler Brown
Yes, yes. This is an interesting project, one that many of us are aware
of. Avalon however is not meant to be a 3D desktop. Avalon is meant to
provide an easy way to add 3D elements to your applications. For example,
visualizing data in 3D. Not to throw around your applications around a
sphere.
Tyler Brown

Post by David Ferré
Dear friends, i would like to inform u about a SUN project called looking
glass. It is a real 3d desktop, it mean than the system (desktop) use all
http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/details.xml
http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/demo.xml
I hope windows do that!!

[David Ferré]

Thank U very very much for your replay.

I agree with the ugly design of looking glass, but, the power of 3d stack,
3d back notes, transparency (including on video playback), toolbar (like
MacOSx) playing the main process, all of this technologies are very
interesting.

Do not forget, technology is first, when technology is done, the desing is
very easy.

Thank U again dear friends
david

Post by Wilhelm
Now that I have followed closely the releases of Longhorn's builds, and other
releases like avalon and indigo for windows xp, I know that what you can do
with avalon and indigo has no limits, because we are being provided with such
rich set of API's. What I saw in the looking glass demo made me sware I would
never look that ugly thing at a computer store (if it ever comes out to the
market). And I saw examples in a recent build of longhorn in which you could
stack the windows when your pressed a certain keys. So I think longhorn has
provided us with very exciting technologies, which can be exploited to their
maximum with visual studio 2005.
And I think that this will ultimately make users see that Windows Longhorn
will be the best option, because it will be a pretty operating system (in the
graphics aspect), and it will be the most advanced OS as always because it
has the best things under the hood, the most important security.
But one think I would like to receive from the MSDN is a series of guides in
which we could learn how to use all the power of Avalon and Indigo.

Post by bonk
Another thing is, that looking glass has always been explicitly ugly ...

Post by Tyler Brown
Yes, yes. This is an interesting project, one that many of us are aware
of. Avalon however is not meant to be a 3D desktop. Avalon is meant to
provide an easy way to add 3D elements to your applications. For example,
visualizing data in 3D. Not to throw around your applications around a
sphere.
Tyler Brown

Post by David Ferré
Dear friends, i would like to inform u about a SUN project called looking
glass. It is a real 3d desktop, it mean than the system (desktop) use all
http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/details.xml
http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/demo.xml
I hope windows do that!!