The Text World of GINGA
 

This book is a dream of other books.
All other books which dream or being dreamed of-
those books-adapted, fragmented, removed, reconnected and
separated by authors' fantasy-are collected by the same fantasy.
And finally, it accomplishes its desire within the glittering
world of the imaginary.

"Un fantastique de bibliotheque" by Michel Foucault
 
 

Concept

Spatial representation of information is proposed in the "GINGA" project,
Global Information Network as Genomorphic Architecture, where metamorphic
relationships in cyberspace are manifested in the form of an "Information-Scape."
GINGA is an interactive 3D browsing system based on a huge collection of
digital information.
Web resources are reconfigured with Cyberspace Codes into GINGA
and appears as any of the following 9 main Worlds ;
Nebula, Ring, Network, Forest, Strata, Text, Image, Polyphony, and Cemetery.
Users can explore these Worlds with avatars (incarnations) which are personalized
and controlled by users’ preferences.
Users are expected to take full advantage of their “multiple other selves” for
profound investigation and/or extensive research.
It is also possible to exchange information with the avatars of other users and
even invite them into your personal archives. GINGA has no static form, it can
exists anywhere extended selves communicate.

Conceptual diagram showing spatialization of IP address (IPv4)
 

Single User Model

Your computer will need viewing software to access the GINGA system and research
its vast information-scape.
Individual interface consists of three major functions; an editor, avatars and your
personal archives.
As you enter your research subjects into the editor’s dialogue box, a number of
avatars will simultaneously begin to investigate the Worlds of GINGA.
Your editor will classify the results, and save what you need to your personal archives.
 

Multi User Model

This new library is an electronic field where you can access to an officially published data
as well as individually published information.
Users can open their personal archives of "meta-data" to other users as an extention
of GINGA.
Your avatar may carry your personal information and a list of your personal archives
and “exload” these to the avatars of other users.
The functional boundary of GINGA  can be extended as the cooperation of users increases.