Interface, interface, innovations are popping up everywhere to replace the 2D limitations of the desktop, the dominant front end of systems for over 25 years. Check out Bumptop, a physics based approach to a 3D desktop with attitude.
What's interesting about this interface is its ability to mix and match media in flexible ways. One idea for this tech is using it as a front end for a database where tables, relationships and records can be viewed and worked with in ways impossible to achieve in the confines of 2 space. Another idea is to use Bumptop as a video search engine whereby 3D stacks of running video clips can be located, viewed and manipulated as needs warrant using the extensive set of tools built into the Bumptop interface. Immersive computing is coming and to me, that's a good thing indeed.
2 comments:
Very interesting. Now if I can just get that interface on a ModBook, and get the publishing industry lined up in a non-self-defeating way (topic for another post) I'll be near Nirvana.
This Bumptop has the dimensional dynamics of a 3D playstation game. If the interface controls were further enhanced to zoom in and examine details with exaggerated speed - really high speed - it could match the speed of our thinking to solve problems. We can align the creative dynamics of our brain with a dimensional interface that could accelerate our work flow process. Areas such as research or trial-and-error testing would be highly compressed. With all of this efficiency, what next?
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