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Viki LibraRy: collaborative hypertext browsing and navigation in virtual reality.

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Title: Viki LibraRy: collaborative hypertext browsing and navigation in virtual reality.
Authors: Bönisch, Kevin1 (AUTHOR), Mehler, Alexander1 (AUTHOR) mehler@em.uni-frankfurt.de, Babbili, Shaduan1 (AUTHOR), Heinrich, Yannick1 (AUTHOR), Stephan, Philipp1 (AUTHOR), Abrami, Giuseppe1 (AUTHOR)
Source: New Review of Hypermedia & Multimedia. Mar-Jun2025, Vol. 31 Issue 1/2, p45-75. 31p.
Subjects: Hypertext systems, Digital libraries, Virtual reality, Electronic data processing, Library users
Abstract: We present Viki LibraRy, a dynamically built library in virtual reality (VR) designed to visualise hypertext systems, with an emphasis on collaborative interaction and spatial immersion. Viki LibraRy goes beyond traditional methods of text distribution by providing a platform where users can share, process, and engage with textual information. It operates at the interface of VR, collaborative learning and spatial data processing to make reading tangible and memorable in a spatially mediated way. The article describes the building blocks of Viki LibraRy, its underlying architecture, and several use cases. It evaluates Viki LibraRy in comparison to a conventional web interface for text retrieval and reading. The article shows that Viki LibraRy provides users with spatial references for structuring their recall, so that they can better remember consulted texts and their meta-information (e.g. in terms of subject areas and content categories). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:We present Viki LibraRy, a dynamically built library in virtual reality (VR) designed to visualise hypertext systems, with an emphasis on collaborative interaction and spatial immersion. Viki LibraRy goes beyond traditional methods of text distribution by providing a platform where users can share, process, and engage with textual information. It operates at the interface of VR, collaborative learning and spatial data processing to make reading tangible and memorable in a spatially mediated way. The article describes the building blocks of Viki LibraRy, its underlying architecture, and several use cases. It evaluates Viki LibraRy in comparison to a conventional web interface for text retrieval and reading. The article shows that Viki LibraRy provides users with spatial references for structuring their recall, so that they can better remember consulted texts and their meta-information (e.g. in terms of subject areas and content categories). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:13614568
DOI:10.1080/13614568.2024.2383581