On Mar 11, 2009, at 5:21 AM, Arnout Standaert wrote:
Probably some of you have already seen Prezi, an web application for "non-linear" presentations. That doesn't sound too clear, but see http://www.prezi.com for an example, or http://www.aether.hu/prezi for an introduction. It basically breaks the traditional slide-show format of presentations and turns it into a fancy dynamic flight-simulator-like concept. Very refreshing and ubercool after years of Powerpoint slides :-)
As far as I know, there is currently no other software doing something like this. But IMHO, Inkscape would be very much suited for this. Currently, it has the ideal editing tools to compose the presentation material itself, but it lacks the animation interface to provide the navigation and zooming aspect in the presentation itself. With all the SVG animation plans, Prezi-like presentations would seem to be within reach.
Just FYI, that seems just about what Øyvind Kolås (Pippin) used at the first LGM to present his work on the graphics engine that became GEGL.
Sliding, zooming, etc.