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Portals provide additional views and filters of the information space.
Pad supports text, animations, graphics, audio, World Wide Web objects, hyperlinks and cross fades on a zoomable surface at almost infinite resolutions. It offers an intuitive new approach for presenting and understanding digital information. The user may select from a variety of painting styles, such as Impressionist, Expressionist, and Pointillist. This unique system produces superior results by mimicking techniques used by human painters. Progressive Rendering Ken Perlin, Media Research Laboratory, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Using Progressive Rendering, content providers can offer users views of rule-generated virtual worlds as soon as they are requested, and allow users to explore them immediately and fluidly.