# Community Made Tools & Projects The Looking Glass community makes a ton of awesome tools, plugins and projects that while aren't officially supported by Looking Glass Factory, are totally awesome!! We've cataloged a few projects here. Given that these are not official Looking Glass applications, we can’t guarantee all of these community made tools will work with *every* platform on *every* Looking Glass. But they are awesome and if you’ve questions, hop on Discord and chat with the creators themselves! If you made a project that you'd like us to share here let us know and we'll add it! Send an email to ****! {% hint style="info" %} If you like what you've seen here be sure to join the fun [**on discord**](http://look.glass/discord)! Folks are always posting fun things to do & new ways to use the Looking Glass! {% endhint %} ## Websites & Web Tooling This category will highlight tools built using [**HoloPlayJS** ](https://lfdocs.lookingglassfactory.com/software/third-party-apps-and-tools/broken-reference)or [**HoloPlay CoreJS**](https://lfdocs.lookingglassfactory.com/legacy/legacy-software/corejs) libraries, which allow users to have holograms directly on the web! {% hint style="info" %} note: currently web tools require a browser like chrome or firefox, and do not work in safari. {% endhint %} ### [StereoPhotoMaker](https://stereo.jpn.org/index.html) & Web Viewers from [Masuji Suto](https://twitter.com/spmaker) Masuji Suto, creator of StereoPhotoMaker, has also made a series of web tools for importing various kinds of holographic media, including 180 degree photos, horizontal shift videos, 3D Models and more! You can check them out here! [**http://stereo.jpn.org/lkg/indexe.html**](http://stereo.jpn.org/lkg/indexe.html) ### [HoloPlay - p5.js](https://github.com/JuanIrache/p5-holoplay) by [Juan Irache](https://prototyping.barcelona/) HoloPlay - p5.js allows you to use the P5.js library to create 3D visuals using 2D layers placed in 3D space. This web tool sends quilts directly to HoloPlay Service. {% embed url="" %} ### [Holographic Earth](https://holographic.earth) by [Juan Irache](https://prototyping.barcelona/) Holographic Earth allows you to view satellite data & locations directly from the web on your Looking Glass! {% embed url="" %} ### [Touch Designer](https://github.com/picturesbyrobots/lookingglassTD) by [beside digital](https://www.besidedigital.com/) & [pictures by robots](https://github.com/picturesbyrobots) Touch designer is a web-based application commonly used for music visualization & graphics you can learn more about this on the [**github page**](https://github.com/picturesbyrobots/lookingglassTD)**.** ## Plugins & Template files ### [HoloPlay for Godot 3.3](https://github.com/CaptainProton42/GodotHoloPlay#holoplay-for-godot-33) by [CaptainProton42](https://github.com/CaptainProton42) Godot is an open-source video game engine available completely for free & with no royalties! You can find instructions for settings up the HoloPlay plugin for Godot engine here: [**https://github.com/CaptainProton42/GodotHoloPlay**](https://github.com/CaptainProton42/GodotHoloPlay) ![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/PuCaeVAli72TiclYlEG5/blobs/L0Iwpg9URVHLE5NaW5zn/demo.gif) ### Cinema 4D Template file by [Russ Etheridge](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsfrdDQU7lKVOk5BIiS9ZCA) {% embed url="" %} Russ Etheridge put together a tutorial and demo files for a camera rig in cinema 4D! You can follow along in the video above or download the demo files directly from [**here**](https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/scripts-plugins/rendering/looking-glass-portrait-hologram-cinema-4d-quilt-render-setup). ### [HoloPlay - R](https://github.com/DvP17/holor) by [DvP17](https://github.com/DvP17) HoloPlay - R allows you to create quilts from data visualization graphs made in the R programming language. ![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/PuCaeVAli72TiclYlEG5/blobs/BSupPsVj48pWWpg1vGtS/Holo-R.webp) ## Desktop Tools ### [GLSL Viewer](https://github.com/patriciogonzalezvivo/glslViewer) by [Patricio Gonzalez ](https://t.co/3DPD4pnEyu) GLSLViewer is a flexible console-base OpenGL Sandbox to display 2D/3D GLSL shaders without the need of an UI. GLSL viewer can output to quilt files or directly to Looking Glass Portrait systems. ![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/PuCaeVAli72TiclYlEG5/blobs/1lWpkTJHbKBWm5p1aGxu/ezgif.com-gif-maker.webp) ### [Jan Kaiser](https://github.com/jankais3r)'s Projects Jan's projects deserve a category unto themselves! Jan has made a ton of incredible Looking Glass tools, including ways to use a Looking Glass with an iOS device, using faceID data for holographic skype, playing Minecraft directly on the Looking Glass, and more! You can learn more about these tools on [**Jan's github page!**](https://github.com/jankais3r#looking-glass-holograms) ![Minecraft running in an 8.9" Looking Glass Display](https://content.gitbook.com/content/PuCaeVAli72TiclYlEG5/blobs/xUafMs7LTvn8xKgyuqOv/minecraft.gif) {% @github-files/github-code-block %} {% @github-files/github-code-block %} {% @github-files/github-code-block %} ## Desktop Apps (Windows) ### [HoloDesktop](https://holodesktop.app/) by Will T HoloDesktop takes the contents of your screen and passes them through a neural network to output a 3D representation of them. It works excellent in YouTube and other video applications. {% embed url="" %} ### Reglass & [Refract](https://lfdocs.lookingglassfactory.com/community/refract) by [Jared Bienz](https://github.com/jbienz) **Refract** provides real-time holographic streaming for [Looking Glass Portrait](https://lookingglassfactory.com/portrait). When combined with [ReGlass](https://jbienz.github.io/ReGlass), **Refract** allows you to play more than 500 commercial games as moving holograms! {% embed url="" %} ## Written Articles :books: ### Paul Bourke - Capture methods for Looking Glass Portrait Interested in the nitty gritty? Check out this in-depth walkthrough on capture methods for Looking Glass Portrait from Paul Bourke! {% embed url="" %} ### Jared Bienz - How the Looking Glass makes you see 3D Want to learn more about how the Looking Glass works? Check out this article from [Refract](https://lfdocs.lookingglassfactory.com/community/refract) Author, Jared Bienz! #### ## Join the fun on discord! :tada: If you liked what you've seen here be sure to join the fun [**on discord**](http://look.glass/discord)! Folks are always posting fun things to do & new ways to use the Looking Glass!