http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/ Engadget Comments for Apple bringing its operating system into living 3D? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/
Wait, am I the only one who noticed that these images have 10.4's curved menu bar? Can you say "old patent"?

MacRumors... more like FailRumors.]]>Dec 12th 2008 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/There is also a 3'rd party software for this for windows. I know that exists because i've used it.


]]>Dec 11th 2008 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://bumptop.com/]]>Dec 11th 2008 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/how is a special key supposed to help unless there are sensors on the z-axis? this is the ILLUSION of the 3D on a 2D surface. unless you can see behind the front most icons by sticking your head inside the monitor, everything has to be viewable from one POV: the front looking in.

if you want to access something "behind" other icons, you could just touch it to bring it to the front.

use your brain]]>Dec 11th 2008 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/how is a special key supposed to help unless there are sensors on the z-axis? this is the ILLUSION of the 3D on a 2D surface. unless you can see behind the front most icons by sticking your head inside the monitor, everything has to be viewable from one POV: the front looking in.

if you want to access something "behind" other icons, you could just touch it to bring it to the front.

use your brain]]>Dec 11th 2008 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/
But hey, if it runs smooth and allows me to conveniently run my favourite apps, then why not add a bit of depth to the desktop. It needs it as hell! However, it also needs some genius designers and UI professionals, because if you don't get this spot on, your OS will be completely useless no matter what other highest-end features it carries.]]>Dec 11th 2008 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/I can buy 4GB of RAM for $50.]]>Dec 11th 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 12th 2008 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/
http://bumptop.com/]]>Dec 19th 2008 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://insitu.lri.fr/metisse/
And Sun's Looking Glass: http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/

And simply having multiple desktops makes almost all that functionality redundant and confusing.
Apple is only adding eye-candy (external weather modifying illumination in my desktop? No, thanks) and its name. Of course, that will be more than enough for a lot of people.

By the way, I didn't know bumptop and it is quite cool. Its auto-sorting features is nice.]]>Dec 11th 2008 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/
It's safe to say that this is a bad idea until it can also be visualized in three dimensions by the human mind as well (i.e. holograms or a stereoscopic display)]]>Dec 11th 2008 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/i dont think its possible to copywrite a dimension.

]]>Dec 11th 2008 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/
Thanks for the links - I remember seeing Sun's Project Looking Glass a while back and I didn't really see how 3D was going to help my work. I tend to think the same of Apple's proposal and therefore we really need to see this in action before we can see whether it is something worth getting excited about. I've tried 3D file systems in the past and, frankly, they just made everything more confusing.]]>Dec 11th 2008 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/Dec 11th 2008 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/
/I did it all for the nuyen.
//See you, chummer.
///slashies


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Now as far as the 3D UI, I could pretty much see the direction they are heading in once I saw the new dock in Leopard. The big question is implementation. As long as this makes things easier and stays out of the way, I'm all for it. They've been pretty good with this OSX thing so far, so I'll at least give them the benefit of the doubt that they will do this the right way.

PS
Also, if this is never released to the public, we can all bet that this idea created more usability problems than it solved. OR knowing Apple, they will implement this idea in bits and pieces over the next several OSX releases.]]>Dec 11th 2008 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/
I entirely agree that individual wallpapers would benefit Spaces but I have to say that I do find it very useful as it is today, as long as I know which Space I am currently working in.]]>Dec 11th 2008 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/
The 3d desktop is not really a remotely original idea either. It has been around for a long time and even if apple has the best chance of making it usable I still doubt that it will go anywhere. I tried the bumptop beta and found it useless and cheesy. ]]>Dec 11th 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/
I'm 99% sure you could get virtual desktops software for OS X just like you could for most OSes; I used them all the time in Linux a long time ago but find no need for them these days.

BTW, the Leopard dock sucks compared to the Tiger dock.]]>Dec 11th 2008 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/apple-bringing-its-operating-system-into-living-3d/
http://bumptop.com/
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