Locus OS is slick, intuitive, sadly just a concept

Barton Smith, a talented industrial designer, has come up with an operating system of his own called Locus OS.  Besides the OS being visually stunning and welcoming, its menu system and user interface are highly intuitive and are ahead of its time.  Smith describes his concept OS with the following points: “Location-based operating system; multiple widget desktops designed around a location or activity (ie. kitchen, office, car);automatically switches between desktops with GPS and wi-fi mapping; and simplified collections menu allows browsing via function rather than application.”  Simply put, it’s an OS that prominentlyfeatures Mac OS X-like “spaces” or panels that distinguish and organize work and play on a PC.  The menu system is very reminiscent of Zune HD and Windows Media Center.  Smith conceptualized Locus OS back in 2008, well before the design of iPhone 3.0, WebOS, and Android fully surfaced, he notes.  Why the Microsoft branding? “It was originally going to be for the Microsoft next Gen computer comp from 2008.”  In other words, it remains a concept to this day.  Can we get a wealthy venture capitalist on this, STAT?!

[Via Engadget; Vimeo]

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