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Hex
09-11-05, 04:32 AM
http://www.hamar.sk/sphere/

http://www.hamar.sk/sphere/shots/20.jpg
Sazar
09-11-05, 04:35 AM
Old news. AFAIK there are at least 2 threads on this on these boards.

Windows is supposed to have some feature like this in a future version, it has been demoed. Same with OSX from their keynotes. Built in functionality that is rather than 3rd party.
SH64
09-11-05, 04:48 AM
:cool:
Darkoz
09-11-05, 07:11 AM
That looks similar to the 3D desktop in the upcoming Windows Vista.
FierceDeityLink
09-11-05, 07:43 PM
That looks similar to the 3D desktop in the upcoming Windows Vista.
Except that you will actually be able to interact with the windows in 3D, rather than using a program to screen capture the windows and put them in 3D.
TierMann
09-11-05, 08:01 PM
Except that you will actually be able to interact with the windows in 3D, rather than using a program to screen capture the windows and put them in 3D.

You can do this with DirectFB in linux too, but the problem is that it's a little slow because nvidia's accel isn't fully supported by it. That was the last time I tried it anyway. They might have made some improvement on it, but as far as I know, they havn't.

Edit:
Looking at the news on DirectFB.org, it looks like they did add a couple of nv improvements. Dragging transparent windows completely off the GPU, etc. So now I know what I'm gonna be playing with for a while.
gram_vaz
09-11-05, 08:12 PM
haha, that is neat. i was starting to worry about deskspace due to the billions of icons
i have. XD

tho there seems to be a graphical artifact. :( there are two blue boxes and a black bar. the black bar isn't that noticeable in the screencap because i have the space wallpaper but it's there. (the screen to the right is because i have dual view. ;)

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/7819/untitled8oc1.th.jpg (http://img76.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled8oc1.jpg)

edit: those graphical artifacts were due to konfabulator and objectdock. oh well, giving up those apps for the increased deskspace is a fair trade.

another edit: aw crap, the app has an expiration date. i'm guessing he's planning to go commercial when it's out of beta.