Sun Releases 3D Desktop Source Code
Filed in: Linux — June 29th, 2004
Sun will kick off its annual JavaOne developer event by releasing its Looking Glass window manager under the GPL. It’s basically a crude compositor for X11, but it gives the ancient windowing system a fresh lick of paint, and makes for a stunning demo. Sun hasn’t often been able to show off eye-candy, so it’s great publicity.
[ Read more @ theRegister.co.uk ]
Looking Glass is 3D windows manager developed by Sun Microsystems using Java technology.
Thought:
Perhaps we can enjoy 3D desktop on Linux first before Longhorn released. 
(Longhorn supports 3D desktop)
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