Spatial interfaces will be necessary in order to cope with this explosion of data. We need to be able to view it, navigate it, modify it, share it, make decisions about it, use it to simulate multiple alternative possible futures, and much more. The spreadsheet of 2025 will more likely be a simulation space that enables us to ask “What if?” questions and see the results displayed as a 3D immersive example of what we are testing or requesting. It’s one example of the new model type of “the world,” rather than that of “the book.”
