indow_manager">window manager</a> 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.</p> <p>Instead, what I found was considerably more interesting. In effect, Project Looking Glass is a rational approach toward using the latest 3D hardware advances to provide a state-of-the-art desktop environment, familiar yet far more engaging for a traditional 2D desktop user.</p> <p>The demonstration Hideya gave me of 