Cosma / Knowledge / Navigation / Worlds
Cosma features “Worlds” which are 3D interfaces that enable spatial Knowledge Navigation and invite exploration of the Knowledge Resources inventory hosted on this Web site as well as traditional and 3D resources on other Web sites.
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Web Worlds are currently the main type of 3D interface to Cosma.
This is Cosma’s main Welcome Area were you can start your journey into knowledge!
Touch posters and objects to find out about them or visit other worlds.
You can also explore it on Kuula.
If you click on the (not very well hidden) trap door, you will find yourself in this Web World that is an exhibit about Cosma’s history.
You can also explore it on Kuula.
The Web World below is a special one with links to many of the others that you can find distributed across this Web site. You can use it to find hundreds of immersive 3D and 360° experiences to explore!
Click on the objects to see 3D and 360° experiences, and click doorways to go to other Web Worlds which also feature objects and doorways with links to 3D and 360° experiences.
You can also see it directly on Kuula.
You can find out on the Web Worlds page and in the post Hike, Wander & Walk-in the Web!
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Cosma still features Toy Worlds that served as 3D interfaces to Cosma before Web Worlds.
Toy Worlds are similar to Web Worlds, but they were made by capturing 360° images of “real world” spaces made with minature toys.
This is the Welcome Area that is similar to the Welcome Area above.
Click on objects to find out about them.
Use the menu or doors to visit other Toy Worlds.
You can also explore this Toy World on Kuula.
Find out more about on the Toy Worlds page.
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The above are just a few examples of Mary Hopper’s experiments with creating 3D interfaces. The first generation of experiments were created with Apple’s HyperCard that ran in color on an Apple IIGS with ProDOS in the 1980s. There have been many other experiments and prototypes since then. You can find out more about them on the Worlds Challenge page.