Spectra - visual news reader from MSNBC

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Posted in » Flash, Technology - by Ades on May 9th, 2008

spectra.pngDo you find reading news boring? How about adding some flare to it? Well, MSNBC is trying exactly that.

MSNBC has launched new visual news reader called Spectra that makes reading news a lot more entertaining.

It’s a flash based reader that shows news in a 3D fashion. You can choose different channels (e.g top news, international, US, Iraq..etc) and add to your reading queue.

Spectra

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9 Responses to “Spectra - visual news reader from MSNBC”

  1. By Carrie on May 9, 2008

    Some how the idea of the daily news flying around my computer screen like a flock of birds does not make reading the news any more or less interesting. I wonder what the meeting that this idea was dreamed up in sounded like..

  2. By Ajith Edassery on May 9, 2008

    Wonder what value add it has for the readers. Typical Microsoft stuff :)

    Ajith

  3. By Rice Blogger on May 9, 2008

    it looks like what hongkiat giving out on his contest…

    http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/flashloaded-3dwall-interactive-image-presentation-free-giveaway/

    very cool effect

  4. By Dining Tables on May 9, 2008

    I would not want to put this in to read my news.Thank you very much.

  5. By shawal on May 10, 2008

    I have just browse spectra and find it so colorful..

    A new era of news viewing are created….

  6. By Television on May 11, 2008

    This is very nice!

  7. By Josh on May 13, 2008

    Its really cool, the effects adds spice and fun to the reading.

  8. By Walter on Aug 30, 2008

    This was made using the Papervision 3D engine, not just Flash.

  9. By Richard Le Poidevin on Aug 24, 2009

    Okay, so maybe it’s not the most functional way of showing the news but it’s still an interesting experiment that may help to generate ideas for new interfaces.


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