TheRegister: Apple files 3D-interface patent http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-112667/theregister:apple-files-3d-interface-patent Posts in the discussion thread "TheRegister: Apple files 3D-interface patent" - The US Patent and Trademark Office today published a collection of Apple filings, including a 3D interface that may herald the most radical - or, dare we say, the most bizarre - usability development since Doug Englebart first demoed a window-based GUI 40 years ago yesterday. Described in excruciating detail by AppleInsider, the "Multi-Dimensional Desktop" application, filed on June 8 of last year, describes a 3D workspace - "desktop" being a wholly inadequate term - in which the familiar 2-dimensional GUI is joined by a floor, ceiling, and right and left walls, each capable of displaying interface items such as windows and icons. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:33:24 +0000 http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-112667#post-333160 TheRegister: Apple files 3D-interface patent http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-112667/theregister:apple-files-3d-interface-patent#post-333160 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:03:01 +0000 zoobab 2946 "The US Patent and Trademark Office today published a collection of Apple filings, including a 3D interface that may herald the most radical - or, dare we say, the most bizarre - usability development since Doug Englebart first demoed a window-based GUI 40 years ago yesterday. Described in excruciating detail by AppleInsider, the "Multi-Dimensional Desktop" application, filed on June 8 of last year, describes a 3D workspace - "desktop" being a wholly inadequate term - in which the familiar 2-dimensional GUI is joined by a floor, ceiling, and right and left walls, each capable of displaying interface items such as windows and icons."

Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/11/3d_gui/

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