Editing Project Looking Glass (section)

{{Short description|3D desktop project sponsored by Sun Microsystems}}
{{About||the airplane|Operation Looking Glass|the United States Postal Service sting operation|Jacobson v. United States}}
{{distinguish|Looking Glass (desktop environment)}}

{{Infobox software
| name                   = Project Looking Glass
| screenshot             =
| caption                = Demonstrating existing 2D applications and a 3D CD selector demo application are coexisting inside the 3D desktop environment
| developer              = LG3D developers
| released               = {{Start date and age|2003}}
| latest release version = 1.0.1
| latest release date    = {{release date|2007|01|29}}
| discontinued           = yes
| operating system       = [[Linux]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| genre                  = [[Desktop environment]]
| programming language   = [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License]]
| website                = {{url|http://java.net/projects/lg3d}} {{dead link|date=October 2018}}
}}

'''Project Looking Glass''' is a now inactive [[free software]] project under the [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] to create an innovative [[Graphical user interface#Three-dimensional user interfaces|3D desktop environment]] for [[Linux]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]. It was sponsored by [[Sun Microsystems]].

Looking Glass is programmed in the [[Java (programming language)|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.softpedia.com/news/Looking-Glass-LiveCD-23726.shtml|title=Looking Glass LiveCD|last=Nestor|first=Marius|website=softpedia|date=15 May 2006 |language=english|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref> The Looking Glass environment is also included on a Live DVD (FunWorks 2007 edition) from the [[Granular Linux]] project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/index-mobile.php?newsid=04514|title=Distribution Release: Granular Linux 2007 "FunWorks" (DistroWatch.com News)|website=distrowatch.com|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.granularlinux.com/main/news.php?item.26.2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129172949/http://www.granularlinux.com/main/news.php?item.26.2|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2009-01-29|date=2009-01-29|access-date=2020-03-19|title=Granular-Linux: Granular FunWorks 2007 released }}</ref>