Spatial Book

Spatial Book is a spatial document reader that turns text files and PDFs into interactive 3D books. The built-in sample book is already available in the Bookshelf when you first launch the app, so you can start exploring Spatial Book immediately. Import your own documents at any time. Opened documents are added to the Bookshelf, where you can reopen them in Window Mode or Immersive Mode. Books you no longer need can be removed from the Bookshelf at any time. Open a document as a book and turn pages naturally by pinching and dragging them with your hand. Pages bend as you move them, creating a more physical way to read digital documents. You can read in either Window Mode or Immersive Mode. In Window Mode, the book appears inside a volume window. Turn pages directly, use the previous and next buttons, or move quickly through the document with the page slider. In Immersive Mode, books can be placed around you in space. Multiple books can be opened at the same time, moved independently, and arranged wherever you want. Make a fist near a book to grab it, move your hand to reposition it, and open your hand to release it. Distant books can be brought back toward you with a look and double-pinch gesture. A blue handle at the lower-right corner of the selected book lets you resize it. The spatial control panel follows you as needed, but can also be pinned anywhere in space, moved to a convenient position, or collapsed into a small button while you read. Text documents support adjustable font size as well as horizontal and vertical writing layouts. Rendering quality for spatial pages can also be adjusted. For a more focused reading environment, you can choose between passthrough MR, a dark immersive background, or an immersive grid room. ADVANCED MODE Advanced Mode goes beyond the traditional book format and lets you work with document pages directly in space. • Book Read the document as a normal 3D book. • Stack Break the document into stacks of individual pages. Stacks can be selected, moved, and brought toward you. • Accordion Grab a Stack with one fist and bring your other fist close to expand its pages between your hands. Adjust the spacing by moving your hands apart, then open either hand to leave the pages suspended in space. Individual pages can be pulled out and placed elsewhere. • Grid Arrange many pages into spatial grids for an overview of the document. Select a page to detach it from the grid and place it independently in space. • Row Arrange pages in a long horizontal sequence. Swipe left or right to browse through the document, or pull individual pages out of the row. Detached pages can be moved, resized, and rotated independently. This makes it possible to place distant pages next to each other, compare multiple parts of a document, or build your own spatial reading layout. Multiple documents can use different layouts at the same time—for example, one document as a book, another as a grid, and selected pages from each placed around you. At its heart, Spatial Book is a simple idea: bring the physical book—one of the oldest and most familiar ways to read—into spatial computing. Open a PDF or text file as a 3D book, hold it in your space, and turn its pages by hand. Advanced Mode builds on that idea by letting the pages themselves leave the book and become part of your space.