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Re:Doom as a tool for system administration (1999) by PakG1 on Saturday April 23, 2016 @10:02AM (#11555549)
This finally sounds like the user interface used in Jurassic Park, which I recall was actually a real thing. Which all in all is funny to me for unexplainable reasons.
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Re:Doom as a tool for system administration (1999) by CarolineW on Saturday April 23, 2016 @10:08AM (#11555572) 

    Fsn: an experimental application
         to view a file system in 3D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsn

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11555327

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Re:Doom as a tool for system administration (1999) by nsajko on Saturday April 23, 2016 @01:34PM (#11556483)
These work on modern systems: https://github.com/mcuelenaere/fsv https://github.com/3dfsb-dev/3dfsb
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Re:Doom as a tool for system administration (1999) by bsharitt on Saturday April 23, 2016 @02:20PM (#11556678)
These attempts at 3D UIs never really caught on, but I wonder if they might make a comeback with VR.
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Re:Doom as a tool for system administration (1999) by dinkumthinkum on Saturday April 23, 2016 @03:46PM (#11557108)
I feel like they are more likely with Augmented Reality, which doesn't take over your entire visual environment.
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