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One of the most exciting motivations behind the mashup
development culture is that designers are keen to represent
information in new and exciting ways. This is precisely
the point behind MSNBC.com’s new Spectra project –
which utilises Flash and Papervision 3D to render news stories
visually. Headlines across a whole range of international
current affairs are aggregated onto coloured cards which
flutter around the screen, zooming into view when clicked.
Despite some slightly suspect text distortion, the whole
thing looks and works beautifully – producing a highly
usable experience that suggests what the BBC revamp could
have been like had they hired Yugo Nakamura. Switch the
operation to camera mode, and the potential for intuitive
interaction steps up another notch with video and audio
connectivity available through your webcam.
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