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Java.net: Behind The Scenes of Project Looking Glass

“I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Hideya
Kawahara, lead developer for 3D Project Looking Glass, Sun’s 3D
desktop technology, open source project on java.net.

“Before meeting with Hideya, I must confess that I had been
operating under the mistaken assumption that Project Looking Glass
was intended as a replacement window manager for Linux, a 3D
novelty of no more consequence than any of a long list of failed
attempts at reinventing the traditional 2D desktop in a new 3D
world…”

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Related Story:
PC Pro:
INTERVIEW: Through the Looking Glass–A Perspective on Sun’s
Desktop Strategy
(Jun 15, 2004)

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