Sun is pleased to offer the next wave of Solaris 10 desktop innovation by announcing the release and general availability of Project Looking Glass 1.0, an innovative Java 3D windowing system that delivers a full 3D experimental desktop environment. Project Looking Glass runs on Solaris 10 x86, but also on Linux and Windows operating systems (MAC OS support is in the work). This release is the culmination of over three years of hard work by the Project Looking Glass community. Not only does it support the full range of innovative Project Looking Glass features, such as slanted parked windows, sticky notes on the back of windows, 3D desktop applications, and integrated X11 applications, but it now also has the industrial strength stability and performance for every day use. Take it out for a test drive and see the new dimension Project Looking Glass (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpc7kplYyT0&mode=related&search=) can add to your desktop experience!
The Project Looking Glass 1.0 GA release can be downloaded from http://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/binary-builds.html Project Looking Glass takes advantage of the new JDK 1.6 release and offers many ground-breaking features such as: + Slanted parked windows - keep an eye on background windows which take up less screen space because they are slanted backward. + Live icons - View the output of web browsers and media players even when these applications are iconified. + Virtual overview of multiple virtual screens - Manage your applications more effectively by "zooming out" to see all screens at once. + Full integration of X11 windows in the 3D environment. + Run Project Looking Glass within GNOME/KDE or as a standalone desktop. + Support for the latest Java 3D 1.5 release + Full 3D environment and native desktop application support on Solaris and Linux. The full 3D environment is also supported on Windows, but without native desktop application integration at this time. Also available concurrently with this release is Plethora 1.0, a NetBeans <http://www.netbeans.org> module suite, which streamlines Project Looking Glass application development. Plethora allows developers to create 3D interfaces that combine utility and visual appeal. The developer is given control over a wide range of Project Looking Glass GUI features by means of an easy-to-use direct manipulation interface. Plethora 1.0 can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/auc-plethora Project Looking Glass 1.0 is yet another example of Sun's continued commitment and contributions to the open source community. Haven't seen Project Looking Glass in action yet? Go see one of the most successful commercial products built on Project Looking Glass - GoMonkey - with their gesture recognition demo at www.gomonkey.at <http://www.gomonkey.at>. Also be sure to check out a Project Looking Glass 3D music player demo at http://blogs.sun.com/thaniwa/resource/trumplayer_low.swf. For more information on Project Looking Glass and the LG3D community, go to: http://lg3d-core.dev.java.net.
