“Give your ordinary desktop new life” suggests Schillergames, the creators of Real Desktop, “enjoy the fascinating dynamics of a revolutionary graphic rendition of your desktop.” And that’s not all! “Your icons behave now, thanks to the powerful physics-engine, that you can touch and move like on a real desk.”
To me the premise of a 3D desktop sounds maybe only a tad more useful then 3D email, but for some of you this may be your kind of thing. Real Desktop converts your 2D desktop into a virtual desktop where the icons act as files strewn across your workspace and can be picked up, throw and stacked.
The software costs $25.95 to buy, but you can try out the free version called ‘Real Desktop Lite’. The Lite version lacks all customisation features, but use it for a couple minutes and your curiosity should be adequately satisfied. A need for further investment should seem unlikely.
Schillergames promises Real Desktop is light on system resources. I found that to be largely true, the software didn’t noticeably cause any slowdown, but the program itself lags quite significantly as move icons around.
I suggest you just spend a couple minutes organising your desktop rather then much longer fiddling around with a 3D desktop environment.
