Further thinking on the previous post (and I think also that it’s time this project along with its postings go into the other weblog instead–a "to-do" this week) brings me to an image that isn’t far off from a 3-D of an atomic structure.
I’m thinking that the multilayers of story within a hyperfiction piece lend themselves easily to 3-D, (I’m not talking 3-D animation here, but rather still on the storyboard layout and the eventual finished piece) and I can imagine it as similar to a universe where the objects (textboxes, or images, sounds, etc) are self-contained within an object, let’s say a cube–connected to appropriate other cubes that follow a story line–that can be clicked on, would come forward and open up to be read/viewed/enjoyed. Another click would send it back into the background so that another choice can be made.
Now I know that some pieces produced in Flash work this way to a degree, so I know that the technical aspects can be worked out. But wouldn’t that be neat? If I can find something quickly that illustrates my theory here, I’ll post later.
Further along, the piece itself, of course, would be based on this 3-D effect. A story made up of "planets" that connect yet float by themselves in space.
In the meantime, I need to figure out how to do it.
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