In these lectures we have dealt with the notion of 3d design and 3d interfaces - while many interfaces are simulated 3d utilising drop shadows and faked perspective we've been asked to come up with a 'true' 3d interface which allows us to move through the information.
So my idea is 'Metacloud', an iPhone application that would allow you to browse through website metatags and twitter feeds (or whatever sources are available) in a zooming fashion. The main screen will look like a 'wordcloud' (such as one from wordle.com, which I have utilised to make the mock-up image). My idea is that zooming in will scroll through results in a usual fashion, like your average google search, however scrolling out will provide less tangible results from the other end of the spectrum; still related yet more tenuous. This would provide a more visceral experience in which users may browse the internet in a more casual manner; as far as I'm aware there are very few services which allow users to window shop as if in a library, and hopefully this would provide a similar experience.
This is my initial thought on what it would look like, although it looks like it would be difficult to read. Above is my initial sketch of the metacloud, taken from my original lecture notes.
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