Yeah, 3-D desktops could be the wave of the future. Great concept... implementations are a little shakey at the moment though.

http://www.hamar.sk/sphere/screenshots.htm

http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/details.xml

http://desk3d.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php

...I've actually tried the XPSphere out. Works well, but it doesn't update the images of forms placed on the sphere in real time. Still was fun to test drive. The looking glass project by Sun has some pretty impressive videos.

>I think it it is cool:
>http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news_10018.html