Frode Hegland: Hey, you. Dene Grigar: Good morning. How are. Frode Hegland: You? I’m good. Let me just turn off my background. Chill out. Trying to work music. There we go. I am good. And Andrew’s here. Yeah. I should have been a bit earlier. Sorry. I was just stressing with a little PowerPoint or… Continue reading 19 February 2024
Author: Frode Hegland
12 February 2024
Frode Hegland: Hey. Or as they may say in your home state. Howdy, partner. You know. Can you hear me? Dene Grigar: Morning. Morning. Frode Hegland: Did you say you got two packages delivered for me? Dene Grigar: Yes, something I think. Frode Hegland: If it’s two, then please send them. Because. Dene Grigar: This… Continue reading 12 February 2024
10 April 2024
Frode Hegland: Mark, there you are. I just sent you a little text. Mark Anderson: I saw that. I’ll speak to you. Just turn the light on overhead lights. I’m blue. The thing with. I mean, the thing with that document is really people need to read it and ask questions if they don’t understand… Continue reading 10 April 2024
Meeting 1 April 2024
1 April 2024 Frode Hegland: Try not to close the door. Try not to play right outside the door. Okay. I. Hello, Andrew. Andrew Thompson: Hello. How are you doing? Frode Hegland: Good, good. One of the questions is who is h r I t h I k? Is that one of the people who… Continue reading Meeting 1 April 2024
3 April 2024
Demo Link: alpha40224 https://code.futuretextlab.info/andrew/alpha40224/ Text Markup: You can now highlight text from a selection of five colors. Export/Import Workspace: The system now supports exports from the prism menu to save your current workspace layout. Workspaces are JSON files that can be loaded from the browser window before entering the XR space. This feature may still have unexpected bugs.… Continue reading 3 April 2024
Reference Bock Interaction 5
Demo Link: alpha31924 https://code.futuretextlab.info/andrew/alpha31924/ Selector Tool: The laser starts hidden by default, but fades in if the user is making the pointing gesture but hasn’t pointed at anything for several seconds. The laser fades back out once the user points at something. Interaction – Detach: Detaching a line from the citation block now shifts the text to… Continue reading Reference Bock Interaction 5
13 March 2024
Demo Link: https://code.futuretextlab.info/andrew/alpha31224/ Selector Tool: Changed to no longer show a laser, just the ‘cursor’ dot where the user is pointing. The laser functionality is still supported and can be toggled on/off in code, so perhaps we add this as a ‘trainer’ setting in the menu? The cursor dot is now white and scales based on distance,… Continue reading 13 March 2024
6 March 2024
Demo Link:alpha30524 https://code.futuretextlab.info/andrew/alpha30524/ Motion Smoothing: The selector now takes the average of the last hand positions to create a smoother feel. As a result, the selector drags behind the hand, but is much more stable to use. Currently the smoothing takes the last 30 positions, and we want to experiment with the number to decide if… Continue reading 6 March 2024
28 February
Demo Link: alpha22724 https://code.futuretextlab.info/andrew/alpha22724/ Citation Text Block: Instead of a flat panel of text, the text block is now curved slightly in an arc around the user. Vertical swiping is the same as the previous test. Horizontal swiping has been added with functionality similar to alpha20724. Vertical and horizontal swipes are controlled by an open palm, with the… Continue reading 28 February
Citation Block
XR https://code.futuretextlab.info/andrew/alpha22024/ Notes Citation Text Block: For testing readability, we have a block of citations displayed on plain background. You can swipe the text up/down with an extended palm gesture. The text block movement is restrained so it cannot be moved too high or low. Menu Sphere Interactions: You can now hold-press on the wrist sphere to… Continue reading Citation Block