sun's looking glass

SuperMegatron · Post by **SuperMegatron** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 10:24 pm

http://wwws.sun.com/software/looking_glass/demo.html look at the demo this looks freaking awesome

feels · Post by **feels** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 3:19 am

MOY EXCELLIENTE!

One step past Minority Report!

mikelomax · Post by **mikelomax** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 3:19 am

agreed, its about time someone stood up to how things have been done over the last 10 years and said "hey, lets redesign instead of add."

SuperMegatron · Post by **SuperMegatron** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 10:32 am

you know that os has no chance of making it windows compatibility is a must for any os and microsoft wont allow anyone to do that they beat IBM when Ibm sued them for having a illegal monoply they tried to get windows compatibilty for os/2 warp

BlackAura · Post by **BlackAura** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 10:47 am

windows compatibility is a must for any os

Why? There isn't really that much software for Windows that can't be adequately duplicated elsewhere, either because it exists for other OSes, it can be pursuaded to run on other OSes, or there exists a decent alternative that runs on other OSes. The stuff that tends to be Windows only is games, or specially written business applications.

Anyway, that thing's a Java-based desktop environment, not an OS. There's (probably) no reason that it couldn't run on top of Windows, because being cross-platform is one of Java's biggest strengths. You can write a Java program on one system, and be fairly certain that it will run on a completely different system.

Post by **|darc|** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 3:27 pm

That looks excellent. I want that!

MulletMan13 · Post by **MulletMan13** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 1:54 am

That looks utterly pointless and stupid...

What could anyone possibly use this for?

Wow, we can do it... but when there is no reason to: why do it?

Now bring up holographic screens and touch screens and you got me sold =)

toastman · Post by **toastman** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 7:31 am

No offense, but it's not that much different.
I didn't see anything revolutionary, merely extensions to what is.
And nothing that 3D accelerators couldn't pull off, which you would probably need to run this desktop anyway.

Post by **Specially Cork** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 8:20 am

It doesnt offer anything at all.

I can move apps to the side of the screen already, but they dont go "deep"so I can still see them.

I can attatch notes to apps if I want to, it couldbe done through a simple app which lets you select "Add Note..." from a right-click menu.

I dont need to see my CD collection in 3D. In fact, I dont need to see my CD collection at all.

Im 100% sure the backside of IE, the top edge of Photoshop and the underneath of Microsoft Word is totally useless and unintresting. I dont need to flip stuff around every vertices.

Moving backgrouns will just get annoying. When the technology gets released, I give it 5 minutes before somebody hacks it out to save resources.