I agree with you Kevin, the use of text in 3d makes for new and interesting
readings and way to fold and twist 'narratives'. Letters are also the most
readily available symolic language we have, so why not use it.
I've also seen some examples from MiT, but mostly with spreadsheet like
information. It was facinating and beautiful. Accounting can be
hyperdimentional, so why not use at least three spatial dimentions to show
them?
I did a small project round the same theme as part of my thesis. It's
called '3d thread', Url in .sig.
>What does this have to do with Art? (someone probably said the same
>thing about interactive 3D computer graphics)
What has a pencil to do with art? It's a medium.
>What does it have to do with Virtual Worlds (We have to figure out
>something to do with them...)
This might be an good example. It's not art as such, too utility orientated
for that, but still compelling and beautiful. At least I find it to be so.
http://robin.www.media.mit.edu/people/robin/thesis/
It's a virtual photohistory musem. Well documented and designed.
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Torbjoern Caspersen casper@due.unit.no
http://www.stud.unit.no/~casper/
Student of Architecture
at the Norwegian faculty of technology, NTH, Trondheim.