Apple explores 3D GUI in new patent application Last year Apple managed to get 676 patents awarded to it by the U.S. Patent Office, and 2012 is showing no signs of Apple slowing down.

A new Apple patent application has surfaced today at the US Patent and Trademark Office, revealing that the company is exploring 3D user interfaces for its iOS devices that are controlled by motion.

Apple was today awarded a patent for touch-free, motion sensing gestures within 3D GUI concepts just as the company reassigns a patent related to 3D mapping technologies that it picked up through ...

Apple’s been looking at Kinect-like 3D gestures for a while now, and now it’s filed for a new 3D GUI patent that would make using an iPhone or iPad a lot like a cross between a stripped-down ...

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Many developers exploring 3D interfaces seem to have failed to grasp this fact, indulging in literalist repersentations that are, at best, no more realistic or useful than your average 2D browser.

“Due to the limited size of the typical display of a mobile device, a 3D GUI can be difficult to navigate using conventional means, such as a finger or stylus. For example, to view different ...

Apple iOS-powered devices could be getting a new 3D graphical user interface according to patents recently filed by the company. The new UI should be capable of rendering advanced 3D environments ...

A new Apple patent has emerged that shows a new, more immersive 3D desktop GUI, which looks essentially like cover flow but for applications instead of just for items within Finder windows.

Patently Apple keeps an eye on all of the patents coming out of Cupertino, California, and they've been seeing a lot of patents for a 3D interface for Safari.

I know most people probably think its cheese, but are there any cool 3d gui file system navigators like in Jurrasic Park or even the cool looking stuff in Hackers.. View image: /infopop/emoticons ...

The LG Arena KM900, which the company officially announced over the weekend, has appeared on a Swedish web-TV show, flaunting its new 3D S-Class UI. The smartphone has a 3-inch, 800 x 480 pixel ...