Different Presentation Styles

Whereas the classic presentation tools focus on linear slide sequences, other ways of navigating a presentation are becoming increasingly popular. For instance, Prezi provides a spatial layout combined with a zoomable user interface. Another example is Reveal.js that allows branches in slide sequences and that can provide a higher perspective of the layout.

As mentioned in the Plug-in Architecture section MindXpres does not enforce the use of any of these styles but by means of structure plug-ins the presenter can choose a style that suits the content or audience. Currently MindXpres has plug-in implementations for classic slide sequences and a zoomable user interface as used by Prezi. Also a hybrid approach called the "structured" presentation was developed that combines a zoomable user interface with a more structured layout of slides, proving the audience with a better content overview without them getting dizzy.



The plug-in architecture also allows developers to implement new structure plug-ins for other types of visualisation and navigation to suit their use cases. This also allows academics to prototype and evaluate new ideas without the restrictions of existing presentation tools.

Relevant Publications

  • and : "MindXpres: An Extensible Content-driven Cross-Media Presentation Platform", , Proceedings of WISE 2014, 15th International Conference on Web Information System Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece, October, 2014 Academia Icon Link IconMindXpres, slideware, cross-media transclusion, non-linear avigation

 Feature Overview


  Plug-in Architecture

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In MindXpres everything is a plug-in. From the way content is visualised and navigated all the way down to basic components such as images or text, anything can be configured or even replaced.
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  Different Presentation Styles

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The plug-in mechanism allows presenters to choose the presentation visualisation style that suits their content and use case. This includes classic slide sequences, zoomable user interfaces as known from Prezi or other innovative visualisation.
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  Dynamic and Interactive Content

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Long gone are the days of static slides with bullet lists and images only. MindXpres plug-ins might provide rich media visualisations reacting to the presenter's or even the audience's input.
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  Data-driven

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MindXpres allows you to focus on the content instead of spending time on styling and layout. Pick a theme, provide the content and let MindXpres worry about the visualisation.
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  Declarative Authoring Language

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Presentations can also be authored via a declarative language that functions similar to LaTeX. However, in contrast to LaTeX the language can be used to define more dynamic and interactive presentations with access to all MindXpres features and functionality.
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  Connected Presentations

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Instances of a MindXpres presentation can connect to each other which, for instance, allows audience members to have a mirrored view of what is shown by the presenter on their devices. Other use cases include audience-driven activities such as voting or crowd-sourced note taking.
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  Non-linear Navigation

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Regardless of the chosen visualisation style, the user decides in which order content is presented, either by predefining a path or by using one of the many interfaces to efficiently navigate the content in real-time.
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  Multimodal Interaction

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MindXpres presentations can not only connect to each other but all kinds of hardware can be integrated in the network for navigation, interaction or audience participation. Examples include customised presenter interfaces running on a mobile device, clickers for audience input or specialised hardware for gesture or voice recognition.
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  Portable HTML Presentations

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MindXpres generates presentations based on web technologies allowing them to run offline or online, on both computers and mobile devices without the need to install any software. Furthermore, presentations can easily be put online and viewers can replay the presentation as it was given, or explore the presentation by themselves.
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  Content Reuse

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Instead of storing presentations in separate presentation files, MindXpres stores all user content in a central repository. This makes it easier to reuse and share content at any granularity, and also allows users to keep content that is part of multiple presentations synchronised and up to date.
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