Microsoft UniveRSS : 3D Windows Vista RSS Feed Reader

Microsoft has a new tool called UniveRSS – a 3D RSS feed reader for Windows Vista that leverages the Windows Presentation Foundation, to showcase the use of several WPF features, 3D animations, data binding, and data visualization to provide a new way of visualizing RSS feeds and their content.

“It introduces a full-screen 3D universe where galaxies represent the folders of your RSS feed directory, and the stars are represented by the spinning cubes that hold the feed information. Size and position of the feed cubes indicate how many unread items they contain. You navigate through the feed galaxies in a game-like environment, freely moving in all three dimensions. Selecting items in lists will turn the cube to the next side displaying the item’s content including images.”

They recommend to install UniveRSS on PCs ready for Windows Vista Premium. So ensure your PC is Windows Vista Capable and Premium Ready. I cannot try it out as my PC is not Vista Capable yet.

UniveRSS looks like a cool futuristic tool with which Windows Vista powered PCs will challenge conventional RSS news aggregators. Its a good idea to add an image or logo to your feed to generate the best experience for UniveRSS readers (or a standard generic icon will display). It will update itself through the ClickOnce deployment service.