A few years back there was lots of talk that future operating systems would be in 3d. You would be able to view objects on your desktop in 3 dimensions and move them around in a 3d environment. While Microsoft and Apple are now starting to tap the capabilities of today’s modern graphics cards, the windowing environments have a long way to go before they provide us with an immersive desktop.
If you ever saw the movie Minority Report you may have gotten a glimpse of the future of OS's. Take a look at this website, whose founder was a consultant on the film. Oblong Industries has an awesome video showing their spatial operating system.
Check out the video at oblong Industries
TAGS: 3d Operating Systems, Immersive desktops
