5 Jan 2026

Knowledge Objects for XR (copy paste!) We will look at many topics but we will start by looking at how we can develop something like Markdown for knowledge, where it can be expected that a Knowledge Object can be copied between environments and retain the ability to communicate to the environment what it is. The… Continue reading 5 Jan 2026

15 December 2025

AI: Summary The session explored how knowledge might move beyond static documents toward dynamic, spatial, and participatory forms, especially in XR. Discussion centered on whether we are approaching something like an “ultimate wisdom library,” not as a repository of answers, but as an environment where knowledge can be re-shaped, contextualized, and interacted with in ways… Continue reading 15 December 2025

2026 Welcome (lyrics)

If we expand our space for thought, we expand who we can be. Thinking and speaking aren’t the same operation,Most thinking runs fast, under the conversation,Statements form quickly, behind the scene,Pulled from the past, efficient, routine.This background thinking keeps life on track,But it mostly repeats what we already pack. Speaking is narrow, a thin output… Continue reading 2026 Welcome (lyrics)

22 Dec 2025

AI: Summary The session explored how scholarly knowledge can be structured, connected, and experienced in XR, focusing on the tension between fixed documents and fluid, reader-driven assemblies of text, metadata, and annotation, with sustained attention to reading practices, binding and curation, and the shifting audiences of academic writing in a machine-mediated world. AI: Highlights The… Continue reading 22 Dec 2025

A Sound of Text

The following two pieces are AI orchestrated compositions based on The Future of Text V and VI. Process described below.     A Sound of Text:     A Quiet Sound of Text: Lyrics We’ve been living in a world of flat and frozen lines where the pages never move and the wisdom’s hard to find… Continue reading A Sound of Text

8 December 2025

AI: Summary This meeting focused on extensive discussions about text presentation in XR/VR environments. The conversation explored fundamental questions about how text should be displayed and interacted with in spatial computing contexts, including debates about rectangles versus non-rectangular containers, the challenges of maintaining readability and context in 3D spaces, and the balance between 2Dlegacy formats and new 3D possibilities. Peter Wasilko demonstrated how he… Continue reading 8 December 2025

24 Nov 2025

AI Meeting Summary This meeting focused primarily on logistics for an upcoming in-person gathering in London, with participants confirming their travel arrangements for Wednesday and Thursday. Fabien Bénétou demonstrated multi-user collaboration examples in XR, showing how users can interact asymmetrically (some in headsets, others on desktop) and how collaboration sessions can be replayed using timestamped messages. The discussion… Continue reading 24 Nov 2025

1 Dec 2025

AI: Summary The session explored how text, interfaces, and social structure shape meaning-making in XR-era knowledge work, moving fluidly between concrete interface design decisions, the limits of current citation systems, and the social mechanics of sustaining a focused yet inclusive research community. Participants reflected on AI and XR maturity, the realities of cost and access,… Continue reading 1 Dec 2025