Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 19th Mar 2007 19:37 UTC, submitted by Hiev
"Desktop computing technology has evolved considerably since the first graphical user interface was developed by researchers at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center in 1973. Microsoft's Aero Glass, Apple's Quartz 2D Extreme, and Sun's Project Looking Glass are all poised to transform the way that users interact with computers. Also at the forefront of innovation, the Linux community has some prodigiously impressive new user interface technologies of its own. Beryl, a new open-source window manager for Linux, features compelling visual enhancements like support for transparent windows and elaborate window animations."
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2005-07-23
Well, the use of OpenGL on the desktop wich we are seeing now is just an early echo of what has already existed. But from now on, there are a multitude of potential possibilities of concepts wich could emerge from that. First and foremost are the fancy effects, but this could really take off until we're using desktop computers in whole other ways. How I don't know, but I'm sure there's gonna be a development here, and that it's gonna bring it beyond the ordinary desktop metaphor.
Take a look at these, for example:
http://insitu.lri.fr/metisse/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0ODskdEPnQ