Wikipedia contains a truly massive amount of information, and to illustrate just how humongous the online, open source encyclopedia is, 'Wikiverse' visualizes Wikipedia as a universe populated by stars that represent articles. The Wikiverse site processes portions of Wikipedia and presents them as a digital sphere that users can virtually navigate, zooming in and out to focus on different areas of the encyclopedic cosmos.
The Wikiverse visualization is not as random as its stellar appearance might project. In fact, the article-stars within the interactive graphic are bunched together through links and similarity of topics.
Zooming fully out of the graphic gives users an idea of the massive size of Wikiverse, yet the maximum amount of articles that Wikiverse can process is 250,000 -- just five percent of the total articles on Wikipedia.
Universal Encyclopedia Visualizations
'Wikiverse' Portrays Wikipedia Articles as Stars in a Cosmos
Trend Themes
1. Visualization of Data - Opportunity to develop innovative ways to visualize large amounts of data for better understanding and exploration.
2. Interactive User Interfaces - Potential for creating interactive interfaces that allow users to navigate and explore vast amounts of information.
3. Data Organization and Analysis - Opportunity to develop algorithms and techniques for organizing and analyzing large datasets for visualization purposes.
Industry Implications
1. Data Visualization - The data visualization industry can utilize the trend to create new tools and techniques for visualizing large amounts of data.
2. Education Technology - The education technology industry can use this trend to create interactive educational platforms and tools that make learning more engaging.
3. Information Technology - The IT industry can leverage this trend to develop new data organization and analysis methods to improve information retrieval and analysis.