Sun Wants to Make Linux 3D 545
gruenz writes "Linux Planet writes in this article about a project inside Sun developing "an experimental 3D successor to Java Desktop that they believe will change the way we interact with computers." A demo is available from Sun. 'In the demonstration, Jonathan Schwartz, vice president of Sun's software group, increases the transparency of a window so that you can see through it, turns a window on its side so that it sits at the edge of a screen like a book on a book shelf, turns a window completely around and leaves a note on the back, and takes a database of CDs presented as physical CDs, that you flip through, reading the labels, just as you would with real CDs, until you locate the one you want.'" It's called Looking Glass, in case you've heard that name before.
I Know This! (Score:5, Funny)
/Obscure?
Now all Sun has to do (Score:5, Funny)
Where's my 3GHz Sparc?
3-D Desktop in java.... (Score:1, Funny)
Remember... (Score:4, Funny)
Confusing (Score:2, Funny)
Attention Sun Infidels (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Eye candy is nice :-) (Score:2, Funny)
Password lists, more secure than on a post-it under the keyboard or in the desk drawer.
Sun wants to make Linux 3D (Score:2, Funny)
This technology is years old... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Sun: Last people to design a UI (Score:2, Funny)
Well, that's an American tradition, esp. in politics. Watch the ads: 'I have no experience working with other people to create and get bills passed. I am teh Washington outsider! Vote for me!'
Sun is just applying this winning formula to technology.
Obligatory... (Score:3, Funny)
Once again, life imitates art - or, movies about dinosaurs coming back to life.
In other news (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I Know This! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sun: Last people to design a UI (Score:3, Funny)
Taken to its logical conclusion this interface would simulate things like the wrong CDs being in the wrong boxes, missing inlay cards, and that stack of CDs that you couldn't get back into the cases because you were all bonged up.
Re:Did I miss something??????? (Score:4, Funny)
Where are the nekkid chicks on my wall paper?
here [lesbian.mine.nu]. You probably used Red Hat or SuSE. Given time, Open Source fills all niches.
Re:Other 3D file system visualizers (Score:5, Funny)
It would be all very well if it was as quick and easy as menus/windows etc. but for instance navigating around in ROOMS is like quake. I don't want to take 20 seconds to run round from my projecft folder to my docs folder (for example).
Virtual desktops do this kind of thing better too.
I can see that if I had a VR working environment it might be good but my screen is 2d and very accessible thank you very much (especially with 2 monitors)
Re:Eye candy is nice (more pressing issues) (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Exactly! (Score:2, Funny)
Remember to include some line breaks into your error messages from time to time.
Re:This again!? (Score:2, Funny)
Obviously those guys know something about UI design and are smart enough not to use the readily available 3d engine for such tasks. It just adds nothing.
Before looking at how information is rendered on OS screens, it's better to look at how information is represented, such as the concept of a file, event based GUI's, etc. If you've got the right idea, I think the rendering part seldom gets in the way...
Re:Other 3D file system visualizers (Score:3, Funny)