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Looking Glass Beta Released

Posted by michael on from the mirror-mirror-on-the-wall dept.

cereal3825 writes "Well Sun Microsystems Looking Glass has been released for testing. The Project can be found here. Though remember this is beta and a quote from the Getting Started Doc says 'This mode is still very much a work in progress. To date, only a few X11 applications run bug-free in this mode.' so dont expect a work of art."

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  1. Cube for Windows by BrookHarty · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Looks like Cube for Windows. http://www.infinite-3d.com/

    Nice thing about cube, it looks like its all realtime, so all windows still have animation and updates. Not like those cheap 3d-desktops that just use static images of the appliation.

    A terminal window would still update, a shockwave would still run, a movie would still play.

    Too bad its still beta and no download, the example videos look great.

    1. Re:Cube for Windows by chochos · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I think it's more the other way around. From the Cube screenshots, it looks like they're taking ideas from Looking Glass and Metisse (another 3D desktop featured not too long ago here on Slashdot).

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