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Posts tagged 3D Design
Sony try their hand at 3D web design
Jul 15th
Earlier this year, I went on a major rant about the potential 3D could bring to the web, followed up by some musings about what the web might look like in 3D. Clearly, since then it has become obvious that 3D is having a major impact on consumer entertainment and will increasingly do so from a film / TV / video game perspective but so far there has been nothing to hint towards the future of the 3D web. Today, I spotted the above on Wired. Sony making a bold claim that ‘everything is better in 3D’, which of course naturally extends to the web. It could either be a hint at Sony’s vision of the 3D web, or it could just be a flashy Homepage takeover that is trying to sell TV’s. Either way, it looks nice enough to share and is a good go at trying to render a standard website in 3D.
3D Web Design Inspiration
Feb 25th
Very recently I posted a thought piece about whether or not 3D technology might fundamentally change how people interact with content on the web. One of the big questions that came out of it was:
- How would website navigation work in 3D? Will it be the death of the top and left hand nav bars? If not – will the way these nav bars render change drastically?
Earlier this week I stumbled upon an article which showcased ‘60 Interactive, 3D And Astonishing Webdesigns Created In Flash‘. Although there is already a lot of debate around whether or not Flash will be made redundant in the next 5 years – that doesn’t matter in this context.
Some of these examples are purely inspiration porn to help us change the way we think about web design, stretching our creative capacities to imagine 3D interaction online. As the article says – not all of the examples are 3D, some are just ‘good’ examples of interaction design etc so don’t be disappointed if the first link you click on isn’t popping out at you.
Interestingly – one of the 60 examples is for the ‘Fat Man Collective‘ which showcases a couple of Cadbury projects – namely Jive Brow and B-Brow, both of which were creative ideas which came out of Hyper London (i.e. the place I work) who worked with FMC to bring the ideas to life.
Enjoy.
