I have been into the concept of 3d desktop interfaces for a long time since the days of Lawnmower Man. We still have a ways to go with Hardware because for a system to properly function as a Virtual 3d environment the hardware has to be able to do alot of data crunching both for the CPU and GPU and memory has to be abundant and fast. Software wise we are not completely there but there is definite progress being made in that department.
Currently I have the Ubuntu Linux Operating System running the Beryl window manager which is a sub directory of Compiz. Dont know what I talk about, do a Wikipedia Search. Its not the Minority Report but it definitely is an upgrade in comparison to
the Apple and Windows UI that has been the same for roughly 12 years. The Basic concept of using a mouse has been around for about 20 years but we are making changes toward that department as well with the release of Multi touch tech, but i digress.

Alot of the features in Compiz have been implemented in Apple’s OSX already but now someone has created the same 3d Cube desktop feature for Windows based PCs. The software is called Yod’m 3D which stands for (Yet anOther Desktop Manager 3D). Yes it is Yet another Desktop manager because they have had many to be released. Many of the older ones have turns your Desktop into a 3D First Person Shooter style interface where if you want to do office work like typing in Microsoft Word, you would actually walk over to the desk and click the paper to start writing or walk to the televsion to start watching tv. It’s a nice idea but its not integrated well with the platform you are using it on plus it gets tedious to walk somewhere virtually to do something. I mean thats why we created the Operating Systems, so the tools we need would come to us, not so we can goto the tools needed. Anyways if you want to try it out then click the link. It’s free and just slick to show your friends, you know Eye Candy. It’s not as diverse as Beryl or even Compiz but its cool.