coordinate space - LeFreq/Singularity GitHub Wiki
Coordinate space refers to the actual reference scheme for placement of nodes in the CyberSpace visualization (aka the Cloud) which are neither users nor objects.XXXX???? They are also used to uniquely identify every node in the network and give them an address. That is, no two nodes should occupy the exact same spot otherwise one of them is redundant, presumably -- however see note below.
XXXupdate this consistently. There are at least four main views. Two in mental space: objects and nodes (or one if these are combined using a geometrical cue to differentiate them) and wants and new offerings (also probably mergable into one visual space). When an offering is accepted, it is transferred to the users's machine at the command-line environment ("Object _ stored at 202211241954.").
As the user stores more files, their node size gets prominance? Greater color patterns?
However, they could differ only in the global-local axis of black-white? Insted of respresenting this coorinate in color, the node shape is transform by one's local, self-created objects (the object with your own signature).
There are 4 main visual models for coordinate space (note how these can be mapped onto the color axiis:
- the network of all peers (all the people/nodes presently on the network)
- applications (a spreadsheet replacement might show data objects in 3-space with special cells to show calculated results.
- your personal object system (including objects you've clones from others)
- the global object environment ordered through some search context.
This coordinate space can be divided into 8 "octants" (the 3d equivalent to quadrants) representing communities of shared ideas.
New users can be placed in the new users zone around the center of these octants. In the user view, NetNews occurs and messages can be emitted and collected..
The size of nodes in the global view is the number of objects they carry. Their color is an average (sum actually) of all their personal(self-created?) objects.
When a node is offline in coordinate/user space, messages can queue up until the node returns at the exact spot last recorded for it. If some other node shows up nearby and claims the messages, that is the cost of being away....?
See also: