Can anyone point me in the direction of academic research and/or well-researched material on non-linear, visual-spatial hyperlinks?
As in, sections of images/space linked to other images/space, rather than text linked to text.
In pursuit of the non-textual web...
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Only real leads I've found so far...
1. A 2001 paper from an ACM conference - "The visual knowledge builder: a second-generation spatial hypertext" - dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.114
2. the HyperImage platform – hyperimage.ws/en/
Having trouble tracking down much else...
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🙏 Huge thanks to everyone who contributed leads on the history of spatial/visual links. One of those questions Google can't answer, but the beautiful, associative minds of humans can :)
Now to arrange these into a cohesive set of notes for the garden...
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I remember a lot of 3D hyperlink structures coming out of the MIT Media Lab in the ‘90s so possibly check some MIT Press books?
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Very good suggestion – love all the weird 90's MIT experiments. Will dig around in the catalogue
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Not exactly what you're looking for, but these are some of my favourites...
- patrykadas.com/browser.html
- inkandswitch.com/capstone-manus
- leejinha.com/spacetop.html
- reallifemag.com/screen-memorie
- samizdat.co/cyoa/
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Oh wow, all great though – adding to the research pile!
That first link incredible UX thinking. Very up my alley
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This was definitely what I was looking for 👍
Does this still get used? Looks a bit like a legacy web feature, but no reason why it really should be. Other than the rise of SVG links...
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Great topic! I’ll be interested to see what you come up with. Image maps have been part of HTML for a long time. They allow you to link arbitrary regions of an image to anything you want, although the target must be labeled.
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I recently found who does interesting stuff with visuals at worrydream.com and might be able to help further.
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Yup, Bret is certainly one of the biggest names in this space. Their talks from 2013-2015 (humane representation of thought, stop draw dead fish) were huge influences for me early on.
Surprised more people don't stumble on their work, but HCI is an odd and fragmented field....
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