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Apple Working on Physics-based 3D User Interface [Apple]
Apple Working on Physics-based 3D User Interface [Apple]
Your Mac OS X desktop may become exactly as messy as your real-world one if Apple finally develops this newly-released patent, which describes a 3D desktop that obeys the laws of physics. I have a hard time believing that this one will become reality, since 3D-based user interfaces introduce ...
Apple Exploring 3D Desktop and Application Interfaces
macrumors.com — Dozens of Apple patent applications were published today revealing research that Apple had done in 2007 on... many topics encompassing future versions of Mac OS X. The most intriguing is a series of patent applications which describe a "Multidimension... (more) Apple Exploring 3D Desktop and Application Interfaces
Apple: "the iPhone is a gaming console"
Apple: "the iPhone is a gaming console"
engadget.com — According to extremely reliable and embarrassingly handsome Engadget sources, at an iPhone event held today, John Geleynse... (AKA Director of Technology Evangelism at Apple) made some statements regarding the iPhone platform that should seriously ... (more) Apple: "the iPhone is a gaming console"
Apple working on 3D Mac OS X user interface (images)
Apple working on 3D Mac OS X user interface (images)
appleinsider.com — A series of Apple patent filings published this week reveal the Mac maker has spent a considerable... amount of time outlining a new multi-dimensional interface for Mac OS X that would make better use of screen real estate by increasing the number of ... (more) Apple working on 3D Mac OS X user interface (images)
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Soon You'll Be Piloting a Minority Report-Style OS On Your PC
Fast Company - Technology — ... and center. Most importantly of all, integrated circuit revolutions of all types, from cell architecture to shrinking transistor sizes have given CPUs potentially "spare" power. This means devices can perform all the motion-capturing, interpret it, apply it to controling software and display the results with ease. And do it cheaply too. [image] Sensing the future, Apple has just patented an enhanced version of its desktop that incorporates 3D elements and "real physics" properties: dropping a file gets a more literal meaning. And Oblong Industrie has seized the Minority ...

Apple flirting with 3D desktop interface design
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