I believe 3D UI paradigms have developed a poor reputation (and for the most part justly so), but there is a lot of potential in its use.
The key benefit of 3D when it comes to a search is that is can provide a quick overview of a lot of data, and allow the user to change perspective (and somewhat the modalitiy) from overview and browsing to a detailed view within a seamless space. In Johnny Lee's head tracking demo, you can see the potential for creating natural spatial paradigms for browsing objects/collections. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw In the appendix of this document there is an okay collection of 3D & 2.5D UIs: http://www.tat.se/site/media/downloads/3D Interfaces for Mobile Phones_public_20080529.pdf Some included are: BumpTop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0ODskdEPnQ PicLens Cool Iris http://www.cooliris.com/ RSS Voyage http://www.rssvoyage.com The document also includes a framework for analyzing 3D UIs, breaking the benefits into Visual Style & Feedback, Naturalized Interaction, and Flexible Information Visualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36858 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
