AI Summary
Participants: Frode Hegland, Fabien Bénétou
The major topic of the meeting was discussing interaction design for spatial information management in VR/XR headsets, with a focus on developing a coherent grammar of gestures.
Frode Hegland discussed his meeting with Dene the previous day, mentioned working on organizing dimensions of gestures, and suggested that they need to focus on creating impressive view transformations rather than just teaching users new gestures. He proposed scenarios where content could transition between different spatial arrangements, like from a list to a knowledge map, and emphasized that gestures should be part of a composable grammar.
Fabien Bénétou expressed concerns about designing gestures that require users to learn too many disconnected interactions, arguing instead for composable, grammar-friendly gestures that can be combined in ways that create exponential rather than incremental benefits. He proposed focusing on functions like sorting that can apply to multiple items simultaneously and suggested thinking about “eidetic gestures” that gain meaning when applied to objects.
Issues raised:
- Communication challenges – The pair acknowledged occasional misunderstandings despite alignment on goals.Solution: Reformulate ideas in different words to confirm understanding, and review meeting summaries together.
- Gesture design complexity – Creating gestures that are intuitive yet powerful is challenging. Solution: Focus on composable gestures that can be combined in a grammar rather than isolated gestures for specific functions.
- Balancing innovation with practicality – Need to create something novel without reinventing what already works well. Solution: Approach the design from multiple angles simultaneously: scenarios, gesture lists, view transformations, and grammar.
Decisions:
- Focus on designing gestures as part of a composable grammar rather than isolated actions
- Prioritize impressive view transformations that make information management more intuitive
- Consider multiple dimensions of interaction (time, space, grounded gestures)
Action items:
- Meet again at 5:00 pm Fabien’s time before the main team meeting
- Frode will write down some “cool views” ideas without concern for grammar initially, to have raw material to work with
- Coordinate their ideas before presenting to the larger group
- Clean up notes and prepare an introduction for the team meeting