Project Looking Glass
I was informed of this really interesting look at Sun’s vision of the next generation desktop. I’m not sure exactly what the technology is behind the demonstration but it certainly is impressive and a glimpse of what the future may hold for us in the next couple of years.
You can see the presentation here.
Apple already has their OpenGL/PDF desktop engine which is an impressive piece of work and the first step we’ve seen in this direction. We all know that Microsoft is working on the DirectX based DCE (Desktop Compositing Engine) which is about 2 years away. By then, it should be able to do some impressive stuff but as of right now, they really haven’t shown any real innovations. I’m hoping we don’t actually have to wait too long for all of this stuff and stuff trickles out as its ready. Of course, a brand new change will be welcome as long as productivity is impacted at all.
