{"id":7,"date":"2022-01-11T10:26:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T10:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:33:27","slug":"future-text-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Future Text Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>Future Text Lab<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Future Text Lab is a community of pragmatic futurists of coders, theorists, artists and people in general interested in the future of text, particularly in XR (VR\/AR) for learning, thinking and communicating. We are building experiments to experience work in XR, we are working on <a href=\"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/xr-to-scaffold-ai\/\">scaffolding of thought<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Open Office<\/strong>: We host open sessions every Monday: <a href=\"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/2026-cal\/\">Meetings<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Books<\/strong>: We publish an annual series of <a href=\"https:\/\/futuretextpublishing.com\">Books<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Symposium<\/strong>: We host the annual Future of Text <a href=\"https:\/\/thefutureoftext.org\/symposium\/\">Symposium<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">XR Experiences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have access to a VR\/AR headset please feel free to try the experiences we have built:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/authorship\/\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/current-testing\/\">Readership in XR<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>  | <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/authorship\/\">Authorship in XR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/on.soundcloud.com\/DQ97tsSfjBGoLaS47t\">When Knowledge Takes Shape<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> AI co-orchestrated music based on the goals of this group because this is about the future of text so perhaps we can get inspired via different media, different tones?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet the People<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Future of Text Lab Team is hosted by Frode Hegland with an <a href=\"https:\/\/thefutureoftext.org\/team\/\">Advisory Board<\/a> and wider <a href=\"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/category\/team\/\">community<\/a>. This work is in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefutureoftext.org\">The Future of Text Initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in getting involved by joining the weekly meetings or the symposium, please <a href=\"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/get-in-touch\/\">get in touch<\/a>. We also have a basic <a href=\"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/glossary\/\">Glossary<\/a> of some of the terms we use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>2024 and 2025 was part funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sloan.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Logo-2B-SMALL-Gold-Blue-1024x200.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1620\" style=\"width:251px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Logo-2B-SMALL-Gold-Blue-1024x200.png 1024w, https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Logo-2B-SMALL-Gold-Blue-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Logo-2B-SMALL-Gold-Blue-768x150.png 768w, https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Logo-2B-SMALL-Gold-Blue-1536x300.png 1536w, https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Logo-2B-SMALL-Gold-Blue-1568x307.png 1568w, https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Logo-2B-SMALL-Gold-Blue.png 1687w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@futureoftext\">TikTok<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/hegland.bsky.social\">BlueSky<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/frodehegland\/\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/liquidizer\">X<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Our overriding goal is to <a href=\"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/what-we-are-doing\/\">inspire &amp; enable<\/a> <\/strong><\/em>powerfully useful XR workspaces &amp;&nbsp;workflows. We hope you will find some of this inspiring to think a little deeper about what working in a fully immersive environment can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Future Text Lab The Future Text Lab is a community of pragmatic futurists of coders, theorists, artists and people in general interested in the future of text, particularly in XR (VR\/AR) for learning, thinking and communicating. We are building experiments to experience work in XR, we are working on scaffolding of thought. &nbsp; XR Experiences&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome to the Future Text Lab<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":440,"href":"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6495,"href":"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/6495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futuretextlab.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}