I took a look at the Virtual Window Vector project.
http://vectors.usc.edu/issues/4/virtualwindow/
This project is based to provide a history and additional information at some of the frames that we use to see the word. These frames vary by literal window frames but to more abstract and modern kinds of frames like the frame of a television or cellphone. There is information that goes all the way back to the 13th century and with that distinctions and what kind of frames were used and what kind of content.
The navigation of this page was unlike anything I had seen on a computer before. The interface of the website felt more like a game or application than it felt like the navigation for a webpage but I think that it makes an interesting point about the way we view the world. As an English major, I often view out of the ordinary stylistic choices as a way to make a statement. When you are first brought to the website, there is nothings but a black screen and a human figure. Until you use your mouse to click and drag and create a window, the figure becomes illuminated and you can start to then change what kind of window and content the person is watching. I think that the point of this is to show the enlightening feature of being able to observe the world from home, and in modern times anywhere, with the help of a frame or screen.
Furthermore, once you have picked a certain scenario, there are few words that move statically that when clicked, give more information about why the term is relevant to the scenario you are viewing. I think that interpretatively, it shows what kind of ideas have led to the current scenario you are viewing from explanation to why the television is a certain ratio size to terms that describe the current interactions that we have with different frames or screens.
I think that the project is successful but there are some limitations and the creators of this project are aware of it too. The editor’s introductions states that it does take some time to get to learn your way around the interface. That is true since it took me a few minutes of playing with the site to know what I was watching and why it was of relevance. It also took me a while to learn to navigate the site in order to find what I was looking for if it was available. That leads to the next point, it is not full with information, it does not have the information that a large database might have but it does provide plenty of content. Everything that is on the website is clearly refined and works well which makes it look great as a project as a whole. From a digital humanities perspective, I might question how useful this might be as a tool for research. For the casual browser who bumps into this sight, it informative and immerse rive. That being said there is still limits to the content available of this page and as a researcher, I can see he interface as obtrusive when looking for something specifically. That being said it offers a new perspective on how we look at the world which could not have been done with a traditional webpage which I think is the benefit to this kind of dynamic webpage. Overall I would call this project a success since it does accomplish to provide information in a way that a traditional book or even webpage could not.