4- Idat 210 - Inspiration Through Keywords

Here are a collection of videos which i have found while exploring my keywords. Obviously i have already shown you the Bruce Branit World Builder video which i think will come to have some effect on how i look through visualizations and digitalisation is represented as  a comparison to real world environments.

This is an nteresting visualization of google earth and people mapping, it takes network visualizations to a hole new level, actually placing poeple in there geographical positon while still conecting them in their networks. It also displays a form of augmented virtual reality when putting real life imagery on a virtual globe giving you an interesting perspective of a birds-eye virtual view with  personal perspective imagery.


Here is a gps visualization of multiple gps journeys recorded over a year. I find this video particularly interesting because of the way the video has not been shown on a map but on a piece of paper each frame could easily represent an electrical circuit. It has an almost etch'a'sketch feel to it. This sort of digital vizualization of a collection of journeys abstracts from the reality of a journey, and springs into a more generative art feel.



I randomly cam across this video when looking for mouse visualizations. This is in my influences because it is making my think of alternate ways of negotiation the technologies we are given to interact with our digital interfaces. This is usefull tool for people who loos the use of their hands but it aslo opens the debate are we really utilizing our bodies correctly to truely navigate the digital world in the most efficient way. This could become quite an interesting 3d piece exploring other possible ways to interact with our computers.



After the last video i got interested in weither there were other alternatives out there. Then ifound this video, a mouse which is just ur fingertip, using sensors to detect where your finger moves the mouse on the screen moves with your finger movements. This is interesting because this completely takes away the need to move a physical object other then your hand. It also means less clutter on your deskspace. Its an interesting way to navigate a digital interface system, i could see that it almost seems magical how the mouse pointer seems to move with just the movement of a finger. Is this the beginning for mouse free navigation?