We have rethought the computer 'Desktop' as a concept and it is what we have with Android / iOS and it consists of two separate launchers.
The Applications that run on these devices also generally use a paradigm where they don't really store files but really store objects which can have Hierarchies. They do have search and some of them support a stylus as input.
Another aspect is the ability to use your voice to interact with computers which is still quite limited.
VR looks like it may offer something different eventually but it will have to be explored more.
The problem with replacing the computer 'Desktop' as a concept is that it generally is extremely hard to replace. It looked like a combination of a stream of information with the ability to search a stream or separate streams could have replaced it but we only see this in web applications (a good example is Facebook or Twitter).
The Applications that run on these devices also generally use a paradigm where they don't really store files but really store objects which can have Hierarchies. They do have search and some of them support a stylus as input.
Another aspect is the ability to use your voice to interact with computers which is still quite limited.
VR looks like it may offer something different eventually but it will have to be explored more.
The problem with replacing the computer 'Desktop' as a concept is that it generally is extremely hard to replace. It looked like a combination of a stream of information with the ability to search a stream or separate streams could have replaced it but we only see this in web applications (a good example is Facebook or Twitter).