TopDesk - 3D Flipper for Windows XP
TopDesk is a quick and easy way to switch between applications. With a single key press, you can instantly view thumbnails of all open windows, display thumbnails of windows belonging to the current application, or hide all windows to quickly access the desktop.
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2.2.2007 Yodm 3D - 3D Desktop for Windows XP and Vista
Thanks to hwh1226 for this download link.
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17.4.2007 3D TV
3D Dissolve Screen Saver
Watch 3D objects in random sizes and colors as they spin and transform. You might not see the same morphing twice. This updated version is smaller in size and has fixed a system key bug in Windows 95B.
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3D Santa Screen Saver
This screen saver features a 3D Santa Claus performing a variety of acrobatic acts (and a few unusual stunts, too). If you have a sound card, you can listen to some accompanying effects, as well.
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Virtual Earth 3D (Beta)
Virtual Earth 3D brings you another step closer to knowing "what it is like out there". You can search, browse, and organize local information viewed in three dimensions, just the way it exists in the real world.
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19.11.2006 3D Ultimate Vista for DreamScapes
3D Ultimate Vista For DreamScapes, RS. Vista Ultimate wallpapers with original transition effect...
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23.3.2007 Windows Vista 3D Desktop
Microsoft indicated early that Vista will feature a three-dimensional interface with transparency, moving objects, anti-aliasing and other effects. Thanks to portos for this download.
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10.7.2007 Star Trek Voyager 3D Screensaver
Do you ever wish that the computer graphics in recent science-fiction TV shows had more air time? With the Star Trek: Voyager Screensaver, you can watch a 3D rendition of the beloved ship as it soars through the galaxy.
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UniveRSS, A 3D RSS Reader from Microsoft
In an email from MSDN Microsoft silently mentions the UniveRSS reader. After a look i actually was quite surprised. Microsoft took the RSS possibilities from IE7 and put them into a really stunning 3D interface!
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4.12.2006 Download Duke Nukem 3D: Hi Res Project
Manhattan Project is occasionally frustrating, but when it's good, it's very, very good.
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Creative Hardware Accelerated 3D Audio for Vista
Creative Labs has opened up the doors to its ALchemy Project to enable hardware acceleration for DirectSound and EAX audio algorithms in Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Vista. The Alchemy Project is currently in its beta stages and intends to work around Microsoft’s audio limitations in Windows Vista due to the removal of the Hardware Abstraction Layer, or HAL.
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23.1.2007 Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D 3.0 Beta: Free Download
Virtual Earth 3D brings you another step closer to knowing "what it is like out there".
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7.10.2008 Windows Vista Feature Focus: Windows Flip and Flip 3D
In a previous Windows Vista Feature Showcase, I detailed a new Vista feature called Live Taskbar Thumbnails that helps users organize the many windows and applications they might have open at any one time. Live Taskbar Thumbnails is a Taskbar feature, but what it primarily does is provide a more discoverable way to switch between running tasks.
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21.5.2006LG will sell two models of 3D TVs in 2009
LG, a leading maker of HDTV's will be entering the 3D frontier next year. Choon Lee, Vice President Director at the Digital TV Research Lab,
stated that "3D TVs are the next big step for
; we will try with one or two markets in 2009" This is great news for the home consumer as 3D is
the next big technology coming down the pipe. Sadly that was all that was said about the new TVs. Will they require special 3D glasses, likely, but
it is unknown for sure. One can only hope that these TVs will be sold in many markets but it's still too far out to speculate.
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neowin.net - 27.11.2008
Fujifilm announces first 3D camera, due September
Fujifilm has launched a new compact digital camera which is capable of capturing 3D images and video. The camera, named the Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D
W1, is Fujifilm's first camera to be able to do this, and does it through the use of two lenses and two 10MP CCDs. The camera will be launched in
the UK in September, according to a statement from Fuji. The camera is held securely inside an aluminium die-cast frame, and has a 2.8 inch 3D LCD
screen at the back of it, capable of displaying the 3D images and video clips that are captured by the camera.
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neowin.net - 22.07.2009
Sky set to launch 3D TV in 2010
Sky announced today that it plans to offer 3D TV next year in the UK. Sky's 3D channel will be the first in the UK when it launches next year.
The channel will offer a selection of current 3D programming, which is expected to include movies, entertainment and sport. The service will be
broadcast across Sky's existing HD infrastructure and be available via the current generation of Sky+HD set-top boxes. The next step for
consumers is to purchase a '3D Ready' TV. Sony, Samsung and Panasonic all announced their plans for a big push towards 3D TV at this years
Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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neowin.net - 30.07.2009
YOOWALK: Walk around the web
YOOWALK is a representation of the worldwide web as a 3D world where you can:
- Browse the web in 3D with your avatar
- Build a 3D
version of your website
- Have your own room in 3D
- Meet people and hang out with them
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neowin.net - 08.01.2008
Microsoft In Talks To Acquire 3D Camera Company 3DV
3D technology was all the rage at CES this year, and last month Mark Cuban said 3D is "the LSD of 2009" (that's a good thing, Mark meant). Now
Microsoft (MSFT) is looking to get in on the 3D game and is in talks to acquire
Israeli 3D tech company 3DV...
winbeta.org - 17.02.2009
3D TV with Touch, Smell by 2020?
It might seem like something right out of the Jetsons, but Japanese researchers are hoping to have a commercially available 3D television on the market by the year 2020. The images would be projected upwards from a screen that lies on the floor...
betanews.com - 20.08.2005
Microsoft Launches Virtual Earth 3D
Microsoft on Monday took the
wraps off Virtual Earth 3D, a
new version of the company's
mapping application that
enables users to "fly"
through three-dimensional
models of cities from directly
within their Web browser -
complete with virtual
billboards.
Photos:
View images from
Virtual Earth 3D..
betanews.com - 07.11.2006
Sky looks into 3D broadcasts
Sky television have started to look into the possibility of broadcasting programs in 3D, they have initially tested it delivering programs to users
via the HD set top box. Sky demonstrated that they can make it a possibility at a presentation at their London headquarters when they showed various
clips including scenes from a recent world title boxing fight and moments from television shows that they have already filmed using the 3D cameras.
Gerry O'Sullivan confirmed that the demonstration was in fact that and not a product launch by saying "We have shown it is a technical reality".
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neowin.net - 18.12.2008
Microsoft Licenses Next-Gen 3D
Tech
Microsoft has licensed 3D
display technology to EON
Reality, which says it would
use the technologies to create
interactive marketing
displays, product
demonstrations and training
environments, bringing them to
desktops in 2 to 3 years...
betanews.com - 20.07.2006
R.I.P. 3D Realms
3D Realms, the developer of Duke Nukem Forever, has been shut down due to funding issues. Joe Siegler, a sixteen-year Apogee and 3D Realms Veteran
stated: "It's true. I have nothing further to say at this time." It is uncertain at this time whether the title will ever be completed.
winbeta.org - 12.05.2009
3D desktop revealed in recent Apple patent filing
Dozens of Apple patent applications were published lately revealing research that Apple had completed in 2007 on many topics encompassing future
versions of Mac OS X. The most intriguing is a series of patent applications which describe a "Multidimensional" user interface. Apple has
essentially been working on true 3D desktop environments. It's not clear when and if Apple will decide to implement these new 3D desktop design
ideas into a future version of Mac OS X. The 3D desktop idea suggests that Apple would take their existing Mac OS components like the dock, dashboard,
add more depth and give a three dimensional look.
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neowin.net - 12.12.2008
Autodesk now owns Maya and 3D
Studio
Autodesk, the makers
of 3D Studio Max has acquired
Alias, the makers of Maya for
$182 million in cash. For
those of you who thought that
3D Studio Max was made by
Discreet, well, Autodesk now
owns Discreet so in effect,
the 3D modeling software
market is under control by
Autodesk.
Most 3D modeling that you see
in movies, TV, and games is
done using either Maya or 3D
Studio Max. This
concentration of market power
by a single company in such a
key market has many designers
and artists quite
nervous.
"What
about the cost of both
products?" said Scott
Tykoski, a 3D graphics
designer at Stardock. "These
are expensive products today
when there's competition,
what about in the future? Are
we going to be paying $12,000
base cost for these programs
in a
year?"
According
to Autodesk, the product
release schedule for both
products will continue into
the foreseeable future without
modification. The two
companies will continue to
exist and market and sell both
Maya and 3D Studio Max for the
near future.
What
the actual effect on
development of both products
now that competition between
the two is gone remains to be
seen.
winbeta.org - 05.10.2005
Toshiba to show off 3D you can take with you
Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd. will be previewing 3D technology on handheld 3-inch and 9-inch LCD displays that don't require
special glasses to work...
betanews.com - 07.01.2009
GPS in 3D may be coming to the US
Nav N Go, a producer of navigation software for handhelds, may finally be ready to bring its 3D GPS software to American handhelds, as it debuts its
latest version this week at CeBIT in Hannover...
betanews.com - 04.03.2008
Microsoft Adds New York to 3D Maps
Microsoft has updated its Live
Search Maps service to include
photo-realistic 3D imagery of
New York City and six other
U.S. cities along with Ottawa,
Canada and Northampton,
England...
betanews.com - 29.05.2007
Google opens its 3D MMO; Facebook's in, almost
Google yesterday launched Lively -- its own version of the 3D, Avatar-based virtual world -- as an embeddable gadget. But social data barriers remain
between Google and Facebook, which is granted separate but equal access to Lively rooms...
betanews.com - 09.07.2008
New Zune HD games released
Last week Microsoft rolled out a v4.3 firmware update for the Zune HD which amongst other improvements added support for 3D games. Today Microsoft has
released 6 new games for the Zune HD according to HelloFromEurope. Amongst the games is the highly anticipated PGR: ferrari edition and 3D bowling
and 3D skate games.
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neowin.net - 11.11.2009
It's official: LG Arena 3D phone to debut at MWC
Over the weekend, LG corroborated industry rumblings about the rollout of a potential iPhone rival at Mobile World Congress (MWC), also claiming that
the Arena's 3D "S-Class" interface will set it apart from all others...
betanews.com - 09.02.2009
Apple holding back on web-based 3D graphics for the desktop
Apple has added 3D position and transform capabilities to WebKit, along with the 2D CSS-based transform abilities added some time ago. However, Apple
allows access to these advanced 3D abilities only via Mobile Safari. If Apple enables the features on the desktop, they could kickstart the
development of a whole new class of visually rich web applications... without Flash.
winbeta.org - 16.03.2009
Google Acquires 3D Design
Program
Google on Tuesday announced
the purchase of yet another
software company to add to its
growing portfolio. The six
year-old @Last Software makes
a tool called SketchUp for
creating, viewing and editing
3D designs, and attracted the
attention of the search giant
with a Google Earth plug-in...
betanews.com - 14.03.2006
