20 April '26

This session explored the tension between spatial movement and sedentary interaction in XR knowledge environments, the philosophical gap between incremental implementation and larger augmentation visions, and the nature of externalized knowledge and how it should be manipulated through gesture, voice, and overlay. The group discussed voice commands as an alternative interface for Author on visionOS, the concept of peripheral semantic multiplexing across mirrored displays, the role of AI as a dialogic medium for thought rather than a replacement for creative resolution, and the question of what form externalized knowledge should take when freed from flat screens. A recurring thread was the difference between designing interactions and merely executing them — and whether the community is building toward a clear enough vision of augmented thought for 2032.