[x3d-public] announce: Web3D Projects Wish List

[doug sanden]

LineSensor - mentioned by Max for X3Dom ie if you are doing an editor, and you have 3 axes, you want to be able to drag something by a single axis. Planesensor has a way to thunk to 1D but it's not 100%. (I implemented LineSensor in freewrl to see if there were gotchas. Works fine).
Polygon2D with holes - someone mentioned a need when doing city sidewalks that have holes for trees.
-- or have all exporters compute triangleset2D or indexedfaceset
-- or have an intermediate format that allows it, and a tool that converts to a more compact set of nodes
Other_authoring_tool -> x3dExpanded -> x3dPrepTool -> x3dMinimal -> x3dbrowsers
-Doug




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> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 05:18:04 -0700
> From: brutzman at nps.edu
> To: x3d-public at web3d.org
> CC: consortium at web3d.org; bod at web3d.org; x3d at web3d.org
> Subject: [x3d-public] announce: Web3D Projects Wish List
>
> Web3D Consortium is happy to announce the availability of our new Projects Wish List.
>
> Hyperlinked, updated version is online at
>
> http://www.web3d.org/projects/wish-list
>
> Have fun with X3D!
>
> ===================================================================
> *Projects Wish List*
>
> Do you want to get involved? Here are several interesting projects with potential for broad impact that are looking for energetic developers.
>
> Motivated individuals with software development skills and Web authoring experience are welcome to start, or help develop, any of these candidate projects. Many diverse talents are needed. There are some serious opportunities here!
>
> You are welcome to use the x3d-public at web3d.org mailing list for in-depth planning and design discussions.
>
> *Available Projects*
>
> X3D exporter and X3D scene loader for the Unity Game Manager
> Partially complete effort: UnityX3D project on SourceForge
> X3DOM high-demand node and component support
> Prototypes, NURBS, Scripts, Event Utilities
> Example X3D scenes showing
> Multitexture nodes, Texturing3D and Cube map environmental texturing components
> Particle systems, Picking Sensor, Layering and Layout components
> Shader examples for all shader programming languages of interest
> X3D Conversions capabilities
> assimp Open Asset Import Library (open-source C++) discussion email thread
> Blender import/export (open-source C++) discussion email thread and Blender task
> 3D printing export: Stereo Lithography (STL) and Additive Manufacturing File Format (AMF) formats
> X3D Server virtual machine autoconfiguration
> Apache http/https server configured with X3D MIME types
> GeoServer (STOQS by MBARI, 3D Blacksburg by Virginia Tech),
> OpenBIM Building Information Management Server,
> Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) network bridge
> Image support
> Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) as an X3D ImageTexture
> DICOM image loader - discussion email thread
> 3D printer and print-service support for X3D
> is a survey available?
> More to follow... additional project proposals are welcome.
>
> *Recognition Possibilities*
>
> Web3D Consortium wants to help incentivize these efforts Candidate awards under consideration include:
>
> Consortium announcements on web3d.org website and Twitter giving credit and announcing availability
> One year's free Professional Membership in Web3D Consortium
> Free registration for the next VR Hackathon or Web3D Conference
> Bragging rights in some kind of Web3D Developers Hall of Fame
> Web3D members who really want certain results might offer special rewards
> Got questions or ideas? Please Contact Us.
>
> *Further Improvements*
>
> Who gets to add new projects?
> X3D working group moderates community dialog and development
> All working groups have opportunity to add and guide projects
> Board of Directors approves awards and is advised regarding of major new efforts
> Communications Team can publicly report significant opportunities and progress
> Overgrowing: we may need to avoid collecting too many...
> Perhaps this will evolve into a Top Ten Projects list, with other projects still available
>
> Additional ideas welcome, thanks for considering the possibilities.
> ===================================================================
>
> all the best, Don
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