Wednesday, April 06, 2005

4D Web Log

A dynamic datascape informed by the usage log of my personal website. The usage log is essentially a collection of data from the users who visit the website, it shows numerous information, like the time of visit or the number of hits a page has received.
This data is analysed and parsed to the VRML world, according to a set of rules and parameters. Consequently a network of splines and NURB surfaces is produced, representing forces and tensions between data. A different environment is generated each day since this information changes daily.

The environment does not merely address a method of visualizing collected data, the results are not taken to be a "representation of something", but a thing itself.
Although part of the objective is to embody inherent or non-inherent relations in the structure of data, the aim is not to create a static structure in which to place or display content, but rather the creation of a model that is defined not just by form, but also by behaviour and time.

A user does not just gather and visualize information, he is integrated in the flow of data, and his behaviour has an impact on the geometry and appearance of the environment. This component of interaction acts upon the environment making it a responsive space.