Fly A tool to author planar presentations.
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A tool to author planar presentations. Fly is a very easy to use application designed to be a prototype presentation system that provides support for authoring presentations by using a different approach.Fly is based on the idea of planar information structures. Fly is however, not based on the slide metaphor but allows authors to freely lay out information on a plane in a map-like fashion. The system aims at making the authoring process more fluid and less constraining.Fly was inspired by the natural human thought processes of data chunking, association, and spatial memory. The author is not restricted to the size of a slide, but can freely arrange information chunks (text, photos, graphics etc.) on an infinite plane like a collage. This spatial organization of the content makes it easier to visualize a meaningful overview of the information.Fly supports two views of the content: a high level view shows a semantic abstraction and its context, whereas a near view goes into more detail, similar to the difference between a country and city map.The author can create a path through the material of his presentation. He simply sets up a certain view of the plane and presses a snapshot button. The sequence of snapshots (stops) defines the route, which is followed during presentation. Transitions from one section of the plane to another are always continuous, and they are always meaningful due to the layout of the plane itself. Fly provides a smooth “flight” over the presentation material, using camera zooming and panning. When reaching a path stop Fly zooms in on the content, showing details. To move on, Fly zooms out again, showing the overall structure and goes on to the next path stop.

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