I put together this brief presentation on thoughts of how to the Cube and Matrix can work together through folding:
AI Summary
The text describes Frode Hegland’s thoughts on innovative interfaces for reading and organizing information in XR (extended reality), focusing on two main concepts:
The Matrix Interface
- Appears as a normal document that can be expanded in different directions
- Pulling down reveals more reading space
- Pulling right reveals supplementary information like references, outlines, or images
- Content can be “torn off” and placed anywhere in the virtual space
- The central column contains the main body text
- Adjacent columns can display:
- Left: outline with headings, reader notes, highlights, quotes
- Right: references, extracted information (timelines, places, names, images)
- Top: title, author, date, annotations
The Cube Interface
- A more compact representation of the same information
- Can transition between cube and matrix forms
- Users can have multiple cubes in their environment
Key Features and Interactions
- Text always faces the user (automatic billboarding)
- Users can extend or contract different aspects of the virtual document
- Column logic is user-editable (can be based on code or prompts)
- Unwanted columns can be folded away
- Items can be extracted into 3D space
- Information organization is flexible and customizable
- Suggested gestures include:
- Squeezing to minimize a cube
- Expanding from a fist to maximize
- Potentially storing on the user’s virtual arm
The discussion explores the relationship between these interfaces and how transitions between them might work in service of providing users with better overview, connections, and analysis capabilities when working with information in XR environments.