The main purpose of screensavers is to ensure that the computer monitors do no encounter phosphor burn-in which occurs if the screen stays idle. Screensavers solve the problem by either making the screen blank, or keeping the screen active through moving visuals. This drove screensaver developers to be creative through eye catching screensavers that adds entertainment on top of reducing system idleness. Those who have higher quality of graphic videos can take advantage of best 3-D screensavers that are listed below.
Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating system owners should enjoy some cool 3-D screensavers that they already have. ”Mistify” classic screensaver has a new smooth 3-D movement. ”Ribbons” screensaver has a very good display brought about by the latest graphic technologies.
Aquarium screensavers capture the hearts of many because of the “fish tank” display when it is 3-D. Although it is not free, SereneScreen's Marine Aquarium remains as one of the best 3-D screensavers available and their latest 3.0 version boasts nice graphical improvements to support larger widescreen displays and multiple monitors. At first, this screensaver does not look 3-D until you press the hotkey and the vector wideframes appear to show that it is a 3-D screensaver. The way the fish swim around makes it look very calming and realistic.
SereneScreen's sister company LifeGlobe is also offering its own 3-D aquarium screensaver based on the same engines. The first screensaver is the Goldfish Aquarium which shows a number of different goldfish species in various aquariums including a realistic fishbowl. The other is the Sharks Terrors of the Deep screensaver where you can see all kinds of sharks and sting rays swim in the deeper parts of the virtual ocean.
Waterfall screensavers become popular because of the natural rhythmic sound and not just because of the sight of water that flows. This is the reason why waterfall screensavers are mostly seen in banner ads being displayed in different websites. The common scene puts the waterfall in the center stage and is usually situated in a forest environment to give it a more nature-like feel. The 3-D effects take place when the waterfall flow is in motion.
The use of 3-D OpenGL’s power by the Really Slick Screensavers produce very unique 3-D effects. It is a compilation of screensavers that looks like the creative visuals present in media players. All of them are very colorful and move around in abstract, but themed ways. There are also screensavers that have added physics to keep them more attractive.
Apple's Mac OS X operating systems beginning with Tiger also have nice 3-D screensavers including RSS screensaver as the most prominent because of its capability to capture RSS feeds from any source that provides them. The text shows 3-D displays when going through various feeds resulting to a artistic presentation.
3-D screensavers make computer systems a lot more entertaining even when there are no games installed. As the name implies, it saves your screen and those 3-D appears to be more eye-catching.
Originally posted 2009-10-15 21:58:21. Republished by Old Post Promoter