Friday, January 4, 2013

Visual Databases

I had a brainstorm in the shower, where I do all my critical thinking; Are there neat ways to visually represent data in the web?  Webs have connective strings.  Databases have lots of data and have relationships. Families and friends have relationships and connections. Can I show family and friend relationships and connections visually, in 3D, on the Web?  I think so.

I've added a fairly simple project to my to-do-list: create a node-based, 3D representation of a database file.  I've got the visuals in my head: sprites and bursts, glowing connection lines; basic visuals to display a dynamic database.

Already started on the flow, database design, etc.  Looking good.