Windows 8 by default includes the Windows Explorer which is very much similar to explorer of Windows 7. Although, some minor improvements have been made to make it touch friendly but, it doesn’t match with the Metro-UI of Windows 8. A Metro-Style Explorer like Metro apps would be awesome to work on and it would complete the Metro interface of Windows 8 but, that’s just a dream as Microsoft has no plans to launch such an Explorer in Windows 8 maybe, we can see it in Windows 9. Good news is that you can get Metro-Style Immersive Explorer in Windows 8 and Windows 7. Yes, there is now an Immersive Explorer concept which fully resembles the Metro-UI of Windows 8 and in-fact it displays the items in the same manner.
Developed by a individual named Julien MANICI, this new explorer is fully touch capable and best of all, it runs on top of the original Windows Explorer i.e. as an application. It provides you all the features which you would find in the Windows Explorer but, the buttons, icons and functions have been Metrofied similar to Metro-UI of Windows 8.
This awesome Metro-Style Immersive Explorer for Windows 8 has the following features:
• Provides all the features of Windows Explorer like file opening, cut, paste, properties,
new properties etc.
• The Explorer resembles the Metro-UI of Windows 8
• This Metro-Style immersive explorer is fully touch capable
• It opens like a normal application on top of Windows Explorer
• Contains a built in photo viewer with slide animations
This Metro-Style Explorer for Windows 8 also contains a built-in photo viewer which eliminates the need of opening third party applications like Photo Metro App or Photo Viewer to view images.
Here is a quick walkthrough video of this immersive Metro-Style Explore
VIDEO
This awesome Metro-Style Immersive Explorer is available for download for free. Although, it is in beta and lacks some features like the network discovery and links to Control Panel but, still it is nice and smooth in working. You can download this Immersive Explorer concept by visiting this
link .
System requires: • Windows 7 or Windows 8
• A Core 2 Duo processor, or better (this app will be optimised to run on low end CPUs
like Intel Atom or AMD Fusion in a future version)
• At least 1 GB of ram
• The .NET Framework 4 must be installed (installed by default in Windows 8, but not
in Windows 7.
Note: According to the forum post, once you have this on your system you will be notified of updates, which are planned over the next few days. You can also check out the official website for this and other programs made by link8506.
source:neowin | windows8core | immersive_explorer 
