Archaeologic Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen has shared the origin story behind the Windows 3D Pipes screensaver.… Readers of a particular vintage might remember staring at the maze of pipes ...

This bundle of open-source 3D CGI screensavers includes an amazing fireworks display, a trip through hyperspace, and other gorgeous examples of physics-based animation. I’ve reviewed so many ...

Are screensavers art? If they are, one of the most iconic Windows screensavers, 3D Pipes, only existed because of an internal Windows contest to show off OpenGL support to Windows NT. Chen’s ...

In the past, Windows screensavers included '3D pipes' where pipes grow and grow, '3D flying objects' where objects fly around the screen, '3D mazes' where maze spaces expand, and '3D text' where a ...

Further, it appears that the title is not simply a 3D realization of a few retro screensaver environments; instead, the developer boasts unique VR interactions including object manipulation and re ...

Screensavers like 3D Pipes animated the display during inactivity, protecting the screen and extending its lifespan. Additionally, they provided a customizable, visually engaging experience for ...

It takes the assets (they were extracted directly from ssmaze.scr) from Windows 95's iconic 3D Maze screensaver—the one that endlessly wanders a maze of brick walls in first-person perspective ...

Mental Floss's Chris Higgins has gathered a collection of ten of the most pixellatedly wondrous screensavers from the ... And here are some -- oh, YES -- 3D Pipes: It's crazy how familiar, still ...