Since the Web2.0 started, it encourages web designers towards the simpler and more interactive navigation style. I can still remember when Tom Cruise was searching for the little piece of information through all files in Minority Report, the interactive touch wall he used in the office was fascinating. Pointing at files, moving them around, these are exactly what I’d like to experience with the next generation of a PC. Although currently this technique is still in development, the idea of the interactive navigation has been widely used on different websites.

I’d like to share a few examples that I’ve seen so far

Bandsintown – a new Music 2.0 concert tracking service

TuneGlue – a mind-map style music visualisation tool powered by Last.fm and Amazon data

Dimvision MusicMap – a flash-based application uses a similar mind-map model for related artists.

Gnoosic music Map – artist-based recommendations similar to the previous two

Liveplasma – a node style navigation, the bigger the node, the more related

Musicmesh – uses audioscrobbler data to provide album-based recommendations

Amaznode – a tool for exploring Amazon’s product catalog

MyStrands Playlist Mapping - provides recommendations based on songs in a playlist

MusicLens - provides recommendations using a variety of audio characteristics

Burst labs – personally, I think it looks like virus cells under a magnifier in a biology lab

KartOO - a visual search engine, especially for music