Bernard: Are there any plans for LookingGlass to support accessibility or work in a SunRay environment? I'd think for SunRay it would be necessary to turn off the flashier features that would cause performance issues on that platform. Just curious.
Brian > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
