Ken Pfeuffer, Associate Professor at the computer science department at Aarhus University, Denmark, will present on ‘Evolution of XR input’ with moderation by Dene Grigar.
Author: Frode Hegland
26 May
Tom Haymes presents ‘Visual Thinking, AI, and Moving Beyond Text’ moderated by Dene Grigar.
15 April 2025
AI Quick recap Frode and Fabien discussed various aspects of their project, including user interface improvements, document organization, and LaTeX integration. They explored ideas for enhancing the tagging system, knowledge base functionality, and the implementation of structured sentences to improve content connectivity. The meeting also covered the importance of supporting different notation systems and writing… Continue reading 15 April 2025
16 April (Dev)
AI Quick Summary The meeting covered a wide range of topics related to virtual reality, including technical aspects, philosophical implications, and practical applications. Discussions touched on the importance of embodiment in cognition, the potential of XR spaces for information display and document structuring, and the challenges and opportunities of incorporating LaTeX into virtual environments. The… Continue reading 16 April (Dev)
Dene Grigar 5 Aspects of XR
Presentation by Dene Grigar. Discussion moderated by Fabien Bénétou. Abstract Since the introduction of the term “virtual reality,” coined by Jaron Lanier in 1987, theorists and creators have articulated ways to understand it, from practical perspectives relating to user interaction and design, to personal shamanic journeys and drug hallucinations, to Lanier’s own idea of using… Continue reading Dene Grigar 5 Aspects of XR
9 April 2025
AI Summary The major topic of this meeting was discussing and demonstrating a new ring-based interaction system for document manipulation in VR/XR environments. Participants: Frode Hegland, Fabien Bénétou Speaker Summaries Frode Hegland: Focused on conceptualizing the interaction modes for their VR writing space, discussing how users might interact with text and objects through pinch gestures… Continue reading 9 April 2025
8 April
The major topic of the meeting was developing an intuitive interaction system for authoring documents in VR/XR, focused on manipulating text elements through gestures. Fabien Bénétou, Frode Hegland Frode Hegland was enthusiastic about developing new interaction paradigms for document authoring in VR, specifically suggesting ways to manipulate and organize text elements in 3D space. He was… Continue reading 8 April
April 7th 2025
AI: Summary This featured discussions of the potential of XR for visualizing academic content, particularly how to create meaningful spatial representations of knowledge that go beyond conventional 2D interfaces. Key themes included creating “wow” moments in XR interfaces, balancing simplicity with power, and how to meaningfully use the third dimension to represent knowledge. Participants shared… Continue reading April 7th 2025
7 April (dev)
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… Continue reading 7 April (dev)
4 April 2025
AI Summary Fabien Bénétou, Frode Hegland The major topic of the meeting was discussing gesture interactions for their experimental VR/XR research project and issues of documentation and communication within their team. Speaker Summaries Frode Hegland shared a positive update about a dinner with hypertext conference organizers, discussed concept ideas for gestures in VR (calling one a… Continue reading 4 April 2025