Kartik Agaram is a lapsed academic who works as a programmer in Silicon Valley by day, and tries to improve on Silicon Valley over nights and weekends. Kartik will show a few “Freewheeling apps” built over the last 3 years, small open-source products that are durable, aim to do one thing well, and are easy for individual… Continue reading July 7th : Kartik Agaram
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How to get there? ‘Hands On’
Themed discussion moderated by Dene Grigar after brief introduction by Frode Hegland look at design of a hand-gesture menu system. Introduction Overview We are working on developing an interaction system for XR beyond the traditional keyboard and mouse/trackpad paradigm, where the user has richer controls over their information environments through richer gesture controls. This will… Continue reading How to get there? ‘Hands On’
Where to go from here?
Brief presentations by Frode Hegland, moderation by Dene Grigar. This follows our Midway presentation and we will discuss with the community where we should consider going next. AI: Summary This meeting focused on Frode Hegland’s proposal for enhancing XR reading experiences through a “summoning” system that would allow users to select text and invoke contextual information, 3D… Continue reading Where to go from here?
Mark Anderson: Spatial Hypertext
AI: Summary This meeting featured Mark Anderson presenting a comprehensive historical overview of spatial hypertext, moderated by Dene Grigar. Anderson traced the evolution from early hypertext systems at Xerox PARC in the 1980s through modern applications, emphasizing how spatial hypertext allows users to organize information through spatial relationships rather than predefined structures. The presentation covered… Continue reading Mark Anderson: Spatial Hypertext
Midway Presentation
XR to Think & Create & Being Creative Presentation on Authoring in XR for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Introduction and moderation by Dene Grigar. Presentation by Dene Grigar, Frode Hegland and Fabien Bénétou. Live XR Demos Dene Grigar, Frode Hegland, Fabien Benetou, Mark Anderson, Andrew Thompson, Peter Wasilko, Brandel Zachernuk, Ken Pfeuffer, Tom Haymes,… Continue reading Midway Presentation
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Tom Haymes: ‘Visual Thinking, AI, and Moving Beyond Text’
Tom Haymes presents ‘Visual Thinking, AI, and Moving Beyond Text’ moderated by Dene Grigar. AI: Summary Tom Haymes presented his work on the Knowledge Navigator project, which aims to move beyond text-based information processing through visual thinking and AI-assisted concept mapping. His presentation explored how traditional linear text constrains our understanding of complex information patterns… Continue reading Tom Haymes: ‘Visual Thinking, AI, and Moving Beyond Text’
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Frode Hegland: More Visually Interactive Text
Presentation by Frode Hegland with discussion, moderated by Dene Grigar on making text more visual, with a presentation on design and Author re-design case study asking the question: While still largely conforming to academic practices of formatting, how might we be able to make text more visually parseable? This presentation incldued a Case Study of… Continue reading Frode Hegland: More Visually Interactive Text