What is DreamScene?

Your desktop background comes to life with Windows DreamScene.
When you download this Ultimate Extra, you can select a video for
your desktop background the same way you select a stationary picture.
You can choose one of the high-quality looping videos , or use a video
from a company that produces content for DreamScene. You can even
use your own video as a background.

If youâre wondering what effect a video background might have
on your battery life, don’t worry. Windows DreamScene respects
your power settings and pauses the video to conserve battery power.

Some things that you should know before you start using Windows DreamScene:

Windows DreamScene supports only .mpeg and .wmv video file formats.
Windows DreamScene video support requires a graphics card that
supports Windows Aero. For computers that do not support the
Windows Aero desktop experience, this Extra still has something to offer:
Windows DreamScene adds new positioning options for backgrounds,
including stationary pictures. And Stardock Is teaming with Vista, read more
about that along with some very nice screenshots of the interfaces of Dreamscape>>>
This is a project Stardock has been involved in for some time both in terms
content and making tools and enhancements to it. So what exactly is
Windows DreamScene and what are the extensions and
enhancements coming out for it?

Windows DreamScene is an animated wallpaper technology that plays
high-definition video content as your wallpaper. The key ability of it is
that it can do so without using significant amounts of CPU
(basically the decoding of the video is the only real CPU use involved).
The animation itself is run through the hardware accelerated DWM.

Windows Vista Ultimate users will be able to download additional content
through Microsoft as well as through a new site called Dream.WinCustomize.com.
The site will include new content, tools, and enhancements to Windows DreamScene.

The first enhancement is a new program called DeskScapes. DeskScapes
extends DreamScenes to support dynamic content (i.e. videos are pre-rendered).
With dynamic content, you could have your wallpaper change based on weather,
time of day, or news. Or you could just have some cool Direct3D “stuff” that runs
(like one of those fish aquariums running as your wallpaper).