Reading
An academic user is working on a traditional computer and decides to enter XR to interact with their documents in a larger workspace. They put on a headset and navigate to futuretextlab.info/library where they can view and interact with their own Library of academic papers. These should enable the user to perform tasks for the Research Questions.
For our first year of work we aim to support academic reading. Academic reading is purposeful reading* where the user has a specific intention in mind, it is different from reading a story where the aim is to be entertained or news where the aim is to be informed (while still staying critical of the presentation). We are studying how the user can best get what they need from a single paper or collection of papers.
For our second year we will look more at authorship. It has already become clear however, that reading and writing an intertwined, and we are thinking about this connection.
1: Preparing to write an academic article
- Find. Finding articles to read and cite.
- See Connections. Seeing how articles connect.
- Read. Read papers.
- Annotate & Note Making. Write comments and highlight/strikethrough text.
2: Editing review articles for an academic journal
- Annotate. Write comments and highlight/strikethrough text.
3: Assessing a graduate seminar paper; specifically
- Annotate. Write comments and highlight/strikethrough text.
Interactions to support the uses cases
From the Uses Cases there are 4 main interactions to support: Find, See Connections, Read and Annotate.
While in the Library, the user should be able to choose how to see their documents in order to find and see connections among documents.
Library Interactions
While reading a document, the user should be able to choose how to view their documents to see connections, read and annotate.
Document Interactions
Authoring
Year 2.