Link to sketch: LINK
Inspiration image from Library of Congress
I appreciate the ease of which I can navigate the space in newart.city exhibitions (leymusoom being one of my favorites—shared by my friend Vinh). The UI feels intuitive and familiar. The tutorial page is succinct and placed at a location that feels both non-disruptive yet easy to find. I feel excited by the potential of this tool and how it can make 3D environment building more accessible and experimental. I’m more excited by moments where elements of the space can be exaggerated and abstracted. I'm also fascinated by the idea of walking through wall text as if it was a 3D space. One thing I did notice was how it’s important to have responsive touch in order to simulate the feeling of my body / brain / eyes walking through the space itself. Otherwise, the lag made me feel detached from the avatar and I didn’t feel “present”. It’s possible my internet connection wasn’t fast enough to render the details of the models.
The artworks listed looked interesting in Coco Sui’s The Third Space, but I couldn’t make it through the front door.
Shashank Satish’s “Digital (Dis)embodiments” made me think a lot about how text can be navigated through 3D space. How does the way its laid out in this additional dimension change the way we read it?