To recap, what I need from XR in order to work effectively as an academic includes:
- One computing device in any location I want to work
- 360-degree environment
- Ability to see in front of and around
- Ability to put objects wherever I want
- Multi-tasking functionality
- “Spotlight” option to highlight one document or item at will in order to focus on it but still leave other items ready for future interactions, but dimmed during that period
- Seamless reading and writing experience that allows for marking up text, annotating space, creating new text with text from the document being read
- Ability to save a scene so that all my documents and other items are located in the same place they had been left
- Share text option for either via messaging or email
- Share the environment with other users with a variety of options such as “read only,” “edit,” and “own.”
- Space sharing with others in-person
- Control over aesthetic design of environment
- Option of leaving some items open to visitors of my space but locking other items
- Ability to choose ways to interact (e.g., fingers, a stylus, or keyboard)
- A “Note” mode that makes it possible for others to see comments and respond to them