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Simon Phipps Looks At 'Looking Glass'

Posted by timothy on from the now-in-stereo dept.

CitizenC writes "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 on his weblog. He mentions a couple of demo videos too."

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  1. 3d interface... by Amiga+Lover · · Score: 5, Funny

    I could look at it and go

    "this is UNIX! I know this!"

    1. Re:3d interface... by nnnneedles · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yea, a bunch of flat polygons at 5 fps, it must be unix!!

      Seriously though, that movie shows exactly why 3D interfaces are lame. It took here about a minute to find the right "folder", while on a normal interface it would take 1-10 seconds.

      And you know what will happen if you are too slow on the computer. Dinosaurs will eat you alive!

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      Will code a sig generator for food
    2. Re:3d interface... by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny
      Damn good excuse to get that dual opteron system though!

      So the dinosaur can cook you if it opts to NOT eat you alive?

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      "Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
  2. whoa by wobblie · · Score: 2, Funny

    this is fucked up. he's playing a video, and turns the window around, and the video is playing backwards on the other side! WtF?

  3. Boring by iamdrscience · · Score: 1, Funny

    My desktop already has four dimensions! I can move all around the objects, documents, files, etc. on it and then there's a big "TIME" jog wheel next to my keyboard. Now if there were somebody that came out with a desktop that had more dimensions then I'd be impressed. I tend to get a little messed up with string theory.

  4. Let's just have 2.5D desktops by HarveyBirdman · · Score: 2, Funny
    Fractal desktops! They'd have infinite resolution and infinite detail. :-)

    Great for artists, but your Quake framerate would fall to one per lifetime of the cosmos. So you gamers who want to finish a deathmatch better hope for a closed Universe.

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  5. Re:I don't think I want this by plumby · · Score: 2, Funny
    The more dimensions you've got, the more places things can get lost

    I think we should go back to a 1 dimensional model. None of this fancy 2D directory type stuff to get data lost in :-)

  6. Re:Obligatory Java props... by All+Names+Have+Been · · Score: 2, Funny

    JDK/JRE 1.5 should bring additional significant performance improvements...

    Any day now Edna... Java will be fast enough. And then - - then I'll have my revenge those naysayers.