No More Flat Windows

Project looking Glass is a 3D Desktop environment running on Suns Java Desktop. At the link I provided there is a video showing of this new technology.

Just wanted to show it to you all, as it looks awesome :D.
 
I just watched the video, and it seems like a bunch of eye candy and fluff to me. :-\ Sure, its kind of cool to rotate your Windows around in a 3D space and all that, but is it really necessary?
 
mutant said:
Just like VolteFace, I dont see a point in 3D windows other than eye candy.
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IMHO I think it can be a great boost for the LINUX world, since it is an open source project, and different from the approach of just trying to pair what Microsoft does (Lindows comes to mi mind).

As it is only in its early stages, what we are able to see now is eye candy, as you both have said. But I believe in the near future applications using the 3D environment in a new and unusual way will begin to sprout.

Remember that what we can see in the video is just your usual browser and Media Player running in 3D, but the real goal of this technology is to inovate and bring out fresh ideas to the computer world that wouldnt have seen the light on a 2D desktop.

And that should have been the real goal of this post from the beginning, to see what other developers think can be done in this 3D environment..

Thank you VolteFace and mutant for your comments so, from now on, appart from your comments, Id like to hear your ideas of software that can be made taking advantage of the 3D desktop.

That been said, I get back to work...
 
The first advantage that I see... is that windows take less place... so more space a little.
Disadvantage... CPU cycle unneeded and RAM OR/AND Video RAM consuming... depend on what the program use to display.
 
Wao..... It is a cool stuff. I cant imagine how much I can sell my software with that looks.

There are comments saying that it is unnecessary for the looks in systems/our software systems, but, did you guys ever notice that customers are always making decision based on the first look of the our software system?? Just imagine.... a prototype with 3D interface.... if I am the client, I will make it the first priority tender.

I am just thinking whether .net 2004 will be that cool or not. Seriously, it will create a lot of new oppoturnities for us (software developers). Dont simply say it it unneccessary. Since someone has created it, we just sit down and think what we can do with it. how much money we can gain with it.. No harm, right????

And lastly, thanks JAVA for introducing that cool technology...
 
Hummm... well its true that theres money to do. But I think that a client will pay for a working app rather than a cool 3d buggy apps.

If this will be simple to code... Why over-charge them ?
If this is hard to code... Why doing this instead of core process and debugging your app ?
If its a Windows implemented to all window. You wont be able to charge them for this. (I know its Java... but Microsux always copy anyway)

Every way you take... it take you to the same road.
 
soooo? looks cool, but what can I do there to help me boost the work of the employees in the company? I dont see the point on moving windows for a company, maybe for your house, a nice looking desktop
 
I agree to that !
For house programming thats fun !
House program might look... darn HOT !
But for company... so hot that it could burn the secretary... so dont take risk :D

My opinion is that its not worth imlpenting it unless you have much of time or your goal is a damn nice window.

(Dont forget that its in Java..... for now)
 
Looking at the demo, you may get calls saying " Ive lost my Word document over by the monument!"
 
Ace under sleeve

Arch4ngel said:
Lollllllll
Not very useful and too much... service call :D
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Indeed, for now it doesnt seem to be very useful, but remeber that Sun has been loosing money for some time.

Dont you think that if they are investing money in this kind of project, they have some kind of Ace under their sleeve?
 
Maybe an ace under their sleeve or a ready-to-explode bomb.

I think its gonna be a one way trip. Or they win. Or they loose.
No middle success with this kind of change
 
But Sun still has a rival really big, maybe this will be helpful for like the 72 guys that use Sun as a desktop OS, but for the other 12,541,987 users that use Windows we re stuck with what Microsoft gives us (and be sure soon well have this too).
So I dont see no Ace under the sleeve, its just that they want their OS to look nice and beautiful. Besides buying a PC with Windows already installed is cheaper than buying a Sparc computer with this OS already installed ;)
 
In my line, I need fast functional and an easy interface. If I have a project to produce and i have to "Virtually walk" to the place i left it ( most likely a virtual bar with the virtual manager still looking for the virtual tab i took out) i wont be happy with all my hard disk and memory taken up making it look 3D.

Then i have to buy the most top of the range water cooled 2050 bit grafx card so my desktop refresh rate is high enough to prevent me from getting dizzy at the jerkyness of the screen.

I think i will wait until Microsoft Windows Matrix edition comes out so i can plug straight in and get nice help like ... " Windows has detected a fault ergo, youve lost your days work! ")
 
Looks nice, but its nothing that wont be in the next version of Windows too.
 
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