FRODE HEGLAND
@hegland
Working on The Future of Text, currently with a focus on XR.
We meet to discuss the future of text, the future of thought, particularly in XR. Care to join us? Serious dialog, friendly, inclusive atmosphere & free. Future Text Lab Open Sessions – Mondays. futuretextlab.info
Coding with Claude in Xcode in 2 mins, followed by 10 mins of supplemental examples. youtu.be/srjxt4sorgU
Today in the Open Future Text Lab: figure & ground + peripheral vision Time & how to join: futuretextlab.info
• Future Text Lab • We are eager to grow the community. This is a non-commercial project & very casual but also very dedicated to the topic. Come check out the site to see previous sessions to judge by yourself. futuretextlab.info Open Lab every Monday 4:30-6pm UK
Please feel free to join us 4:30 UK time today as we continue our journey into the possible futures of text. futuretextlab.info/2026-cal/
Write in a Thinking Space. Author for macOS. Please try it, please feel free to ask me any questions. www.augmentedtext.info/author
Join us today in our Open Office Hours session. futuretextlab.info/2026-cal/
Feel free to join us later today in our Open Office Hour: futuretextlab.info/2026-cal/
Join us online today, 13th of April. 8:30-10:30 Pacific | 11:30-1:30 Eastern | 4:30-6:30 UK | 5:30-7:30 CEST futuretextlab.info/2026-cal/
Working in XR is not really reading or writing in the traditional sense, it is ‘born digital’ in an entirely new dimension. We look at addressing what this might mean. Feel free to join us. Monday 6th of April futuretextlab.info
XR for Conferences & knowledge work with live demos from Ken Perlin & Frode Hegland. Sam Brooker introduced ACM Hypertext 2026. Key question: is spatial computing for navigating or creating knowledge? futuretextlab.info/2026/02/19/m... FutureOfText #XR #Hypertext #SpatialComputing #KnowledgeWork
Work continues with the Map view in the Apple Vision Pro. Hopefully a full release this week!
Well this is interesting. Maybe one day there will be vigorous arguments on when spatial text first really arrived. www.newscientist.com/article/2516...
Dialog questioning of whether AI has something similar to a human ‘Default Mode Network’, or background processing. My feeling is that Artificial Intelligence cannot achieve Artificial Consciousness without escaping from only prompt-response mode. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6uu9e...
What to do when the term is too long? This relates to how to deal with quotes and other longer text in nodes. futuretextlab.info
Explored foldable "origami text," debated HTML vs JSON for spatial documents, saw demos of Author — all circling the question of how to make knowledge truly spatial before big tech locks it down. #FutureOfText #SpatialComputing #XR #OpenStandards #Hypertext futuretextlab.info/2026/02/15/1...
Will you join us? 4:30 UK time on Zoom: futuretextlab.info/2026/02/15/1...
Lovely physical interactions by Jony Ive. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wv1...
I wrote this today after the news that the US will no longer be there for us allies, therefore at least partly withdrawing from NATO. A really troubling situation. It will color my view going forward. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zzd28...
Interesting options for upgrades to ACM Digital Library now: dl.acm.org/premium
The interesting (to me anyway) of what should appear first in the menu. The command or the option to edit the command? I think the revision helps a lot. Silly detail or interesting for discussion?
The Future of Text '25 was wonderful this year, with a very warm atmosphere and perfect presentations, even featuring the legendary Alan Kay as surprise guest. Videos and pictures and more is now online at thefutureoftext.org/future-of-te...
Dear Apple why can't I have a launcher anymore? Why do I have to type in the name of the app I want to use, or try to find it in an ever changing list of icons?