Comments on: Hey wow! Looking Glass 3D

By: tra

tra — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:17:23 +0000

Yes. Project Looking is fully open-source under a GPL license and all the source is available at lg3d.dev.java.net

By: kmandla

kmandla — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:00:26 +0000

I believe Looking Glass already is.

https://lg3d.dev.java.net/lg3d-faq.html#open_source

Their home pages lists it as GPL, too. Source code is downloadable as well. Have fun!

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:33:18 +0000

Closed source, but beatiful. How long before Solaris and Looking Glass are opened like Java?

By: kmandla

kmandla — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:56:24 +0000

Hi aussiebear. I’d have to agree with QUASAR on that point; it is a little sluggish. In part I blame that on my video card. Something newer and more powerful would no doubt give it a better run.

On the other hand, it seems to work remarkably well considering it’s a layer on a layer on a layer, if I may say that. The idea of a Java app running a 3D desktop atop X atop … you get the picture. When I consider all the intermingled layers that are required to get this done, it surprises me that it works this well at all.

And honestly, I expect this will become a lot more smooth if a community forms around it, and gets a chance to work on the source. If you remember Compiz from a year ago, that was slick, but nowhere near as smooth or polished as Beryl is. The two are night-and-day now. Given the chance, LG3D on New Year’s Eve in 2007 is going to be a far cry from this.

And if I could reinforce one point, it’s the idea that even I, as a rank Java newbie, can there’s a lot of potential in this. If I knew the least amount of Java code I would be itching to tear this apart and play with the guts. And so I can’t wait to show this to my friend the web coder geek, because I know he’s going to drool all over himself when he sees it.

By: QUASAR

QUASAR — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:29:19 +0000

I tested it in an ubuntu 6.10, athlon xp 2.0 1Gb ram nvidia 6600 and is pretty slow compared to beryl compiz or the standard desktop, but it has potencial, i dont think in the common desktop with the common input, but in consoles or embeded dispositives with a touch screen it will be nice.

By: aussiebear

aussiebear — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:26:49 +0000

Quick question, is it nice and smooth?
(I am curious, as this project is written in Java code)

By: Youtux

Youtux — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 11:13:14 +0000

Great! Very soon Linux will beat Windows in 3D effects, beauty, etc, etc……