When openGL was developed for 3d graphics in Windows, there was not yet any Software to showcase its capabilities. So the internal Microsoft team held a competition for procedural 3d graphics using the new technology. They looked amazing, but served no real function… Which made them perfect for screensavers!
I’ve seen an even better screensaver back then, and I’m wondering what happend to it. It featured a small sandy island with a palm tree and a stranded guy. This guy would regularly go behind the palm tree, get something out of an insanely bottomless invisible warehouse, build something from the stuff to leave the island, fail, and return to rest position.
Does anyone have an idea what it was called and whether it is still around somewhere?