Nearly one year ago, Microsoft began field testing their new 3D Touch navigation system, which at the time was destined for the flagship Nokia phone codenamed Goldfinger (and later ‘McLaren’). The phone itself was scrapped at the last minute due to numerous factors and sullying Microsoft’s flagship story for the fall of 2014.
In the past, Windows Central has given extensive details about the so-called ‘Flyout Tiles’ for a new Mixview feature. The system worked by hovering your finger over a Live Tile, which would then explode into smaller tiles. The design was reused from the Zune days where images related to an artist would do the same.