THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE

摘要

A 3D GUI provides an interface for a variety of applications including games, web browsers and operating systems. A user initiates a browser application by entering a URL (402) into a client device, which is forwarded to the content distribution system. The content distribution system retrieves the associated web page (404) which forms one interior surface of the cell (400). The remaining interior surfaces (406), (408), (410), (412), (414), (416) and (418) include the preceding seven web pages visited by the user. The interior view of the cell is controlled by the user with a walkthrough interface, and an exterior view of the cell is controlled by a user with rotation and zoom functions.