Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​ · @dredmorbius
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I'm trying to find references to a 3D file or document explorer that was being researched at Xerox PARC in the late 1990s.

A friend demoed it to me at the time.

I remember little about it though:

  • Its appearance is best described as "vaguely Doom-like".
  • It was a 3D explorer, with documents and files visualised in depth with rotation and movement.
  • It probably ran on Windows (Windows 97 or WinNT). I saw it demoed on a laptop.
  • I don't believe it was ever marketed or sold, though I could be wrong.

Research is ... suggesting online search may be fruitless. (Too many recent / unrelated matches.) If anyone has the remotest idea I'd appreciate it.

Boosts welcome.

#dearMastomind #xerox #parc #3dFileManager #3dDocumentManager

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