A 3D Wikipedia Interface
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Type something in the textfield in the Controls Tab and
wait for the autocomplete to return some results ...
try different languages by changing the option in the Controls Tab -
Keyboard Commands:
- - W -: Forward
- - S -: Backward
- - A -: Left
- - D -: Right
- - R -: Up
- - F -: Down
- - PageUP -: Previous item
- - PageDOWN -: Next item
- - SPACE -: toggle point of view
or use arrow keys to move around.
Click and drag the mouse to look around ! - Double Clicking on the map, opens Wikipedia entries of the surrounding area.
- Drag Favourites to the 3D Area to open them, each item will open in the language it was saved in, if available the corresponding item in the currently selected language will also be opened. To remove an item from the favourites list, simply drag and drop it over the trashcan symbol.
- A: Click textlabel to show the WikiPage text. To open related items CONTROL+Click for one or SHIFT+Click for many random links corresponding to that subject.
- B . the language of the subject .
- C . removes an item from the grid
- D . blacklists an item, so it will not show up as random subject
- E . Placemark Icon, click it to scroll the map at the bottom to that location.
SHIFT+Click to find Wikipedia Pages near that location. - F . make the item a favourite item, favourites are automatically saved in your Browser
- G . Solo that item. removes all other items but this one.
- H . Wikipedia Categories. Clicking shows a list, CONTROL+Click opens exactly one and SHIFT+Click several random items.
- I . YAGO types. Clicking shows a list, CONTROL+Click opens exactly one and SHIFT+Click several random items.
- J . click on an items image to move your viewpoint (camera) to it
A 3D Wikipedia Interface
Started as a skills demo by Lukas Goldschmidt
Libraries used : JQuery,JQuery-UI, Moo4Q (MooTools), Three.js, ColorJizz
APIs used : Wikipedia API, DBPedia SPARQL, Geonames.org
IDE used :
Aptana Studio 3