Teknoblog.com – Apple has done well over the past year, filing dozens of patents. A statement was made yesterday about these patents received. Many patents have been received, especially for future versions of the Mac OS X operating system. The most interesting series of patents are those that describe the “multidimensional” user interface. Apple is working on real three-dimensional desktop environments.
In a section titled “Multi-Dimensional Desktop”, Apple explained how it designed a desktop with some shapes and how it works. It is not yet clear whether or when Apple will use these design ideas in future versions of Mac OS X. The new 10.6 version of Mac OS X is expected to be released in the first quarter of 2009. This new version focuses more on changes to improve system performance.
Apple is not the only company working on 3D. The project Sun calls “Project Looking Glass” is a 3D desktop application designed for Linux and Solaris x86 systems.
Read – MacRumors.com (Apple Exploring 3D Desktop and Application) Interfaces)