Editing Project Looking Glass (section)

== Features ==
[[File:Lg3d-ss-config-2.jpg|thumb|250px|Configuring an application using its backside of the window represented as a 3D slate in the 3D space]]
One of its most notable features is the creation of reversible [[Window (computing)|windows]]. This capability can be used for features like allowing the user to write notes and comments on the windows' backs, or displaying application dialogs without risking their being detached from the application they relate to. All windows start by looking like a normal [[2D computer graphics|2D]] or [[2.5D]] window, but can be manipulated as thin slate-like 3D objects which can be set at any angle or turned completely around by the user.

[[File:LG3D-slanted-windows.jpg|thumb|250px|Tilting all the windows to assist the user to pick up a desired window]]
Other features include tilting all the window to assist the user to pick up a desired window, provision of a panning virtual desktop, icons that reflect the live status of the window they represent and zooming of a window when it receives focus.

There are a few designs that Looking Glass implemented which appeared in other products in later years. One technique became popular by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s [[Dashboard (macOS)|Dashboard]] [[Widget engine|widgets]] is configuration of an application (widget) by flipping its visual and performing updates on the backside of it. The visual of [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s [[macOS]] [[Dock (macOS)|Dock]] became similar to Looking Glass's look when [[Mac OS X Leopard|Leopard]] was released.<ref>{{Cite web
 |url = https://www.engadget.com/2007/06/12/leopard-dock-resembles-suns-project-looking-glass/
 |title = Leopard dock resembles Sun's Project Looking Glass?
 |date = June 12, 2007
 }}</ref>
[[Windows 7]] implements a feature for window selection that hides other windows than the one that the user placed the mouse cursor on a thumbnail above the taskbar.  It resembles Looking Glass's usage of transparency for window selection using window thumbnails on the taskbar.<ref>{{Cite web
 |url   = http://www.dev.java.net/files/documents/1833/149353/LG3D-Overview.pdf
 |title = Project Looking Glass: A Comprehensive Overview of the Technology
 |date  = March 14, 2006
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