Overview
Create a new more immersive view of search where results and knowledge are intermingled as opposed to their linear interpretations today in 2d applications.
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Anatomy
Here is a diagram of the groups and clusters mixed search is made up of. Search reads from the left starting with a knowledge card and ends with secondary search results at the end. Each result group is plotted along an elongated s-spline
Knowledge Card + image cluster
This group combines a knowledge snipped of the subject with a 3d polygon and image cluster to ground the search a user queried.
Notes:- 3d polygons can com from the poly api hopefully.
- This group should always face toward the viewer(this may suck and cause a lot of collisions but it's worth a shot to make this cooler)
Primary Web Results
The first set of search results are displayed first along the spline. We create custom templates that imitate webpage layouts.
Layouts are randomized and based off of the following content
- Image
- Search result title
- Search result snippet
- Hyperlink base URL
- Layout A: Tall Header
- Layout B: Wide Header
- Layout C: Tall Inline
- Layout D: Wide Split Header
Video + Books Cluster
- Videos have a play button overlayed
- Books have randomized z-depths
Secondary Web Results
Pretty much same as primary results except we end with 3 so it tails off nicely
Thought Flow
Visualize your stream of consciousness