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Posted 8/10/2008 1:58:15 PM
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By using VR920, you can create a spherical (I hope It is correct) desktop so whereever you look around you'll see some windows around 360degrees.

I've tried this concept myself and it works. Let's say you have a full screen window open, you open another window and drag it to the right where you don't see it in your screen. Here Carl's GlovePie get into action, you use desktop headtrackingdesktop script, and move the second window to the first windows' right. Open another window, and look at your right while, of course having VR920, dragging the window to the first window's left. You can open windows and drag them next to, on top of, on bottom of etc. each other, and have a sphere of windows around you.

Another trick, you can create virtual desktops and have multiple spheres.

Here I need a favor from you, guys.

First, is it possible to make a window larger than the resolution of the screen? What I mean actually, when the screen resolution is 800x600 and you want to have the window 1024*800. By this means, with VR920, you want be able to see the window at once, you'll have to move your head around.

Second, I am not a computer wiz, and I know there is a way to put the windows around the window on the screen. I mean, you have a full screen window, if you open more windows, the program will replace them clockwise around the screen. If somebody would program this and send me, I will be grateful.

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Posted 8/10/2008 2:19:32 PM


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There is a 3d spherical desktop out there...

http://www.spheresite.com/

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Posted 8/11/2008 4:21:02 AM
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Thanks a lot. I will try it today 
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Posted 6/6/2009 8:53:37 PM
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As far as I could tell from kicking it around for about an hour, it does not support head tracking type navigation/viewing. Its even cludgy to the point of unuseable at the VR920's resolution and viewable area.

Seems more designed for people with the ginormous flat screen conventional displays that have become available.
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Posted 12/18/2009 12:28:03 PM
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try using GlovePIE to assign head tracking to the desktop movement, but not stereoscopic support for this app till someone creates the requiered dll files
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Posted 1/14/2010 8:24:59 PM


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eyucel (8/10/2008)
By using VR920, you can create a spherical (I hope It is correct) desktop so whereever you look around you'll see some windows around 360degrees.

You want a toroidal desktop. When you look over the top you want to look at the bottom not behind you and upside down.

First, is it possible to make a window larger than the resolution of the screen?

You don't mention what operating system you use. MS Windows line of OSs don't allow this.
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