Author: Frode Hegland

Cognitive Context AI

In order to really get AI to support intellectual augmentation and not simply think on behalf of the user, it will be necessary to work on what extraction and/or analysis the AI should perform when the user looks at a paper to give the them an Overview, particularly when reading something outside of their field.… Continue reading Cognitive Context AI

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Extraction & Annotation

Summary The question of what happens to text lifted from a document has been a big issue for me and how it should be treated and stored. I now see a simple approach where we have a ‘Lift’ command which simply lifts text into space (on desktop and in XR) and it is temporary (stored… Continue reading Extraction & Annotation

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Office Hours (6 Jan)

AI: Summary This was the first meeting of 2025, focused on planning the year ahead for the Future of Text project, particularly regarding authoring in XR. The meeting introduced new participants and discussed key themes including workspace design, the relationship between reading and writing in XR, and the importance of thinking natively in 3D rather… Continue reading Office Hours (6 Jan)

Research Questions Y2

For year two we ask: What shapes of knowledge–what new ‘volumes’ or ‘sculptures’–do we want to be able to create and share and how will they alter how we learn, think and communicate? What can authoring be in XR? Is it still writing lines of text? Is it spatializing the text and if so how… Continue reading Research Questions Y2

Emphasize

I personally have an issue reading long, grey columns of text, such as this from ACM Hypertext. Compare it to the very first substantial printed document, the Gutenberg Bible–which even includes red highlights of key letters–and it becomes quite sterile: The perspective is that not all academic papers are worth reading every word of so… Continue reading Emphasize

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Journal

Welcome to the Future Text Lab Journal, started January 2025.

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What is Authoring in XR?

[The Record of this event is now available] Monday 27th of January 2025. A themed discussion hosted by Dene Grigar and Frode Hegland on what authoring in XR might be like, beyond tapping on a physical keyboard. Preview Introduction Questions We will ask questions including the following, based on our experience of building XR spaces… Continue reading What is Authoring in XR?