The CD-ROM title, The Evolution of Life, won several awards for its aesthetics and innovative communication of the complicated multi-strand science of evolution. The access to the disc was designed in three layers. The first layer was exploring the 3D environment, a huge Bio-Dome, using a point and click navigation. The user would discover the second layer, experiments (including Cybertation which later evolved to become Dancer DNA) and graphic devices to play with, that would begin to break down the various strands of our current understanding of the evidence and science of evolution. These experiments and devices would give access to the extensive database and library, the third layer, in a text heavy format.
The Viewfinders
Throughout the Bio-Dome’s 3D environment Viewfinders were placed, as plaques would be found around a museum, to inform and introduce the user to the history and explanations of the current scientific understanding of the evolution of the natural world. The 14 Viewfinders consisted of 4 chapters each, 658 pages, 482 images, 22 video sequences and 45 minutes of audio with hyperlinks to the database.
Credits: Evolution of Life with Richard Dawkins (1996-97)
Company: Notting Hill Publishers
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