Check out Cosma’s brand new Knowledge Lobby!
You can also explore it on Kuula.
Here’s a quick backstory about it.
I’ve been “making knowledge a place” for a long time, so at this point Cosma features MANY 3D worlds that enable spatial navigation of the Cosma site and other content on the Web.
Recently I’ve been upgrading my old Toy Worlds to somewhat parallel Web Worlds.
For example, here’s the “Walk in Art” Toy World.
You can also explore it on Kuula.
It was cute for what it was, but limited.
Here is the newer, expanded “Walk in Art & Museums” Web World.
You can also explore it on Kuula.
You get the idea.
This Welcome Area is one of the few Toy Worlds that I hadn’t upgraded to a Web World.
You can also explore it on Kuula.
It is essentially a 3D version of Cosma’s 2D Showcase page that has links to sample pages, and it has been the primary interface to Cosma since 2018. It was overdue for an overhaul.
Again, here’s the same new Web World as above for comparison.
You can also explore it on Kuula.
Notice that there is a (not very well hidden) trap door that leads to another new Web World.
Next year marks a major milestone in Cosma’s development, so I was playing around with what a real life exhibit about it would look like. Then my simple thought experiment snowballed into this elaborate exercise in visualization.
You can also explore it on Kuula.
Of course, every object is a visual link to something on the Web.
What better place to put such a thing than below the new Welcome Area, right?
It serves as an extended, visual “About” page.
So that’s the story behind Cosma’s new “Knowledge Lobby” and the cellar beneath it.
Now the majority of my Toy Worlds have been upgraded to Web Worlds.
Although, there are still a few more to go …
Stay Tuned!