Included in the single package are 7 visualizations with over 40 variations in total, including But don’t worry, no LSD drugs involved.Īs a requirement to run these visualizations, you will need a graphics card that supports at least shader model 2.0 (most DirectX 9 graphics cards will), which might seem like a high requirement for visualizers, but how else are you suppose to create visual magic right?

Stephen Coy, the designer of the Windows Vista screensavers and Tim Cowley, a software engineer on the Office team have come together to release a visualizations pack for Windows Media Player called “ Psychedelia” two years in the making. Recently, a new visualization pack made by two Microsoft employees in their spare time is worth checking out. Sure, what comes in the box are still visualizations by definition, but I couldn’t consider any of them eye-candy.

Correct me if I’m wrong but I think it’s been at least two Windows releases since any new or updated Windows Media Player visualizations.