Tactile 3D : Your Desktop in 3D
March 26th, 2006 | Filed under: Computing, Mapping, Products, Virtual Reality | 9 Comments »
Tactile 3D is a user interface made to browse and organize all your existing files in 3D using shapes and sounds to identify folders and files on your hard drive. [free trial]
Waaaay cool! I’ve been wondering for YEARS when the “desktop” would finally get a Z axis. This is a great start in that direction. One might expect the brilliant, oh so “innovative” visionaries at Microsoft to sooner or later do something outside of the box (or the plane actually), but we just keep getting more of the same. I guess you could say that creativity there is just plane flat. Maybe we’ll eventually get a drop shadow on the BSOD text or something…
Kudos to the folks at Upper Bound!
Great idea and fun,,,,,,,for awhile,,,,until you are in a rush to find something and then you have to start trying to remember what keystroke does what, as if I didn’t have enough keystrokes for this and that proggie I have a hard enough time trying to remember as it is, or for that matter enough of everything digital I own that has it’s own little set of kinky-know-how-to-operate interfaces. THREE DEE has just that much more complexity to it that a mouse is just not able to deal with 3d’s demands. SOME DAY….
You must try meeting3D on this site http://www.tixeo.com . It’s a collaborative tool and must say that i am very impressed by the 3D interface.
very good project
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Mouse
Action Effect
Move mouse up/down Pitch up/down
Move mouse left/right Rotate left/right
Shift-Mouse up/down/left/right Directional strafe
Mouse wheel forward/backward Move forward/backward
Ctrl-Mouse wheel forward/backward Move forward/backward faster
Mouse wheel forward/backward while down Move forward to object / move backward to current container entrance
Left mouse button single click Select object / Press button / Deselect all if not pointing to anything
Left mouse button double click Open file / Enter directory / Rotate sort corner mode / Follow shortcut
Right mouse button Context sensitive menu
Wheel double click (middle mouse button) Toggle rotation mode
Ctrl-Left mouse button click Select multiple
Keyboard Navigation
Action Effect
Space bar Open Windows explorer or My Computer at current location
Home key Jump to home/root
Up/Down arrows Strafe up/down
Left/Right arrows Rotate left/right
Enter Move to selected or hovering object (selected has precedence)
Backspace Move up a directory
W Forwards (Z key if the Azerty keyboard option is set)
A Strafe left (Q key if the Azerty keyboard option is set)
D Strafe right
S Backwards
Hold down ‘1′ to ‘9′ Associates current location with that number
‘1′ to ‘9′ Jump to associated location
Operations
Action Effect
Esc Escape from current operation. In order, escapes from rename, quick-select mode, grabbed or copied objects, fullscreen, and maximized
P Lose focus and enter sleep mode. Not exactly “Pause”, but close enough
Ctrl-A Select all
Alt-’A’ to Alt-’Z’ Select objects beginning with that letter
Alt-’0′ Select all objects that do not start with a letter
Delete key Delete selected object(s)
Shift-Delete Deletes objects without placing them in the recycle bin. Works in conjunction with the delete key as well as any delete buttons
Alt-F4 Exit
Alt-Enter Toggle fullscreen mode
Backslash ‘\’ Toggle rotation mode
F1 Help. Shows the manual
F5 Resync with current directory
Ctrl-X Cut/Grab files so you can move and drop them elsewhere
Ctrl-C Copy files so you can move and drop them elsewhere
Ctrl-V Paste/Drop files at current position
Ctrl-Q Paste/Drop All
Ctrl-O Open all selected files
Slash ‘/’ and Tab Key Toggle quick select mode. In quick select mode, all letter, number, and arrow keys are used for text entry
Tilda ~ Hold down for God mode
Sorting
Action Effect
(no shift) Previous/Next one. Cycles sorted objects
(shift) Previous/Next five. Cycles sorted objects
(ctrl) Reset sort order
Ctrl-1 to Ctrl-6 Sort into shape (cube, lines, stadium, double-helix, cylinder, pyramid)
Ctrl-N Sort by Name
Ctrl-D Sort by Date
Ctrl-E Sort by Extension (Type)
Ctrl-S Sort by Size
Ctrl-F Sort in Forward (Ascending) direction
Ctrl-B Sort in Backward (Descending) direction
Ctrl-T Sort Tight packing (no gaps)
Ctrl-L Sort Loose packing (gaps)
Ctrl-R Sort Reset (sort all objects)
Numeric Key Pad
Action Effect
Enter Move to selected object
Zero/Dot/Plus Toggle rotation mode
4 6 8 2 Directional Strafe
7 9 1 3 Move to corresponding sort corner
5 Reorient to face forwards