On The Way to The Web3D: The Applications of 2-Layer Interface Paradigm

The use of the Internet for entertainment continues to grow. The success of rich media web portals, such as: YouTube, Flickr, or Google Maps proves that people look for more and more interactive experience on the Web. In this paper, we briefly report our previous work related to the human-computer interaction discipline: we describe 2- Layer Interface Paradigm (2LIP) - a new way for designing interactive 3D web applications, and its prototype implementation ¿ Copernicus, the 3D Encyclopedia. We present new possible applications of 2LIP, among others: personal 3D backgrounds, 3D applications in the touristic information and in the museums, interactive internet shopping, and commercials embedded into web portals. All propositions aforementioned give the idea of a new generation of the Web3D interfaces. Those interfaces can enrich interactive experience of people on the Web; at the same time, they remain simple and intuitive in use.