Project Looking Glass

For the airplane, see Operation Looking Glass. For the United States Postal Service sting operation, see Jacobson v. United States.
Not to be confused with Looking Glass (desktop environment).
Project Looking Glass
Developer(s)LG3D developers
Initial release2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Final release
1.0.1 / January 29, 2007 (2007-01-29)
Written inJava
Operating systemLinux, Solaris, Windows
TypeDesktop environment
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitejava.net/projects/lg3d [dead link]

Project Looking Glass is a now inactive free software project under the GPL to create an innovative 3D desktop environment for Linux, Solaris, and Windows. It was sponsored by Sun Microsystems.

Looking Glass is programmed in the Java language using the Java 3D system to remain platform independent. Despite the use of graphics acceleration features, the desktop explores the use of 3D windowing capabilities for both existing application programs and ones specifically designed for Looking Glass.

There is a Live CD available from Project Looking Glass.[1] The Looking Glass environment is also included on a Live DVD (FunWorks 2007 edition) from the Granular Linux project.[2][3]

  1. ^ Nestor, Marius (15 May 2006). "Looking Glass LiveCD". softpedia. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  2. ^ "Distribution Release: Granular Linux 2007 "FunWorks" (DistroWatch.com News)". distrowatch.com. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  3. ^ "Granular-Linux: Granular FunWorks 2007 released". 2009-01-29. Archived from the original on 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2020-03-19.