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

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’

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

Author & Reader : Millard

Presentation by Frode Hegland to Professor David Millard, of Hegland’s software Author and Reader, as well as discussions into XR/VR. Frode Hegland presented two software systems: Author (writing system) and Reader (reading system). Both share features like fullscreen mode (accessed via Escape key) and context menus (accessed via control-click or double tap on trackpad). He… Continue reading Author & Reader : Millard

5 March (dev)

This meeting focused primarily on the design and interaction aspects of the “cube” knowledge object, with discussions about how to visualize and interact with citations and annotations. The participants conceptualized how users could place citations onto the cube, view them from different sides, and unfold the cube to view multiple texts side by side. Fabien… Continue reading 5 March (dev)