What you see here are video demos of Bumptop, a unique 3D desktop for Windows that lets you arrange items on your computer screen just like the way you would organize stuff on a cluttered physical desk.
Anand Agarawala, the genius behind Bumptop, initially demoed this application at the TED conference and after two years of beta testing, he has released the final version in both free and paid editions.
I haven’t tried Bumptop yet because I rarely put things on my desktop (so there’s little need to organize stuff) but if the Bumptop demo has excited you, try any of these giveaways from CNET, RWW or Mashable to grab a pro version of Bumptop for free. Thanks Rafe, Ben and Frederic.
While Bumptop would work just fine on a regular PC, it would be more fun to use if one had a touch-screen monitor like the HP TouchSmart PC or the Dell XT Tablet.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/software/3d-windows-desktop-bumptop/8126/
Reader Comments
Installed it in the morning but its a major bummer in terms of sucking h/w requirements.
So please try and give us a feedback!
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@Sampad
Written by Sampad Swain on 04.08.09
He has a funny laugh .. lol.
Jokes aside. This is an awesome idea. Wonder why MS, Apple and others haven’t been doing anything with the basic desktop design. Apple has been improving spotlight for a while and so it isn’t necessary to atleast have a folder hierarchy for files anymore but its not perfect yet.
I’d really love to see some innovation in this space
Written by Sharninder on 04.08.09
Cool. These were ideas I’ve always thought about, making the virtual world more of a realistic and immersive world. Glad to see someone making ideas into a reality.
Written by Quikboy on 04.08.09
My Graphic card is Matrox Parhelia 128MB, is not in the list to support BumpTop.
Written by smartwork on 04.08.09
Well, I didnt find it much of a h/w sucker, but yes its a little buggy at the moment, also its limitation to only the desktop is a little annoying. Still a good start to a great futuristic look…:) I hope more development is done on this to enhance its features.
Written by Mohit on 04.09.09