<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-size: 13px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Anyone remember the name of a pioneer in VRML and X3D and author of vizx3d?<br><br>See some of his web3d.org contribution to the HAnim standard currently in revision where x3d HAnim improves and extends the concept of diversity documented in our beloved X3D HAnim World Standard Humanoid designed for realistic representation and the ability to transport predictable humanoid animations between a wider range of humanoid skeleton and skin designs. To do this, we just add some parameters to the humanoid skeleton and skin interfaces to specify differences between the actual animation target humanoid described in the file and a 'standard' humanoid for which the animation was originally designed.<br><br>So, understanding this, and believe me, if you understand this you will understand some of the most elementary concepts involved in designing and reusing skeletons, skins, and animations. So very basic, but still, an author can work with the idea of composing an animatable skeleton and skin from a very diverse collection of components (like you might wish for developing a drag-and-drop type editor, and 'tuning' a favorite x3d hanim 'standard' humanoid to playback an animation derived from a similar but not-quite-standard capture rig.<br><br>Likewise, using this knowledge an author might choose to tune standard animations to operate a not-quite-standard humanoid (but this path is not discussed directly).<br> <br>One example might be where you wish to adapt some archived mocap action from somewhere to your 'standard' HAnim character. While the whatever capture skeleton does basically match in terms of structure, when you get the stuff running then the animations are not as expected. Turns out that the initial capture skeleton pose and joint orientations are not the same as your playback skeleton initial pose. The animations do not produce the expected results because your HAnim 'standard' playback skeleton default pose and joint 0010 is not the same as the capture skeleton initial stance and joint 0010. (Either that or you are transcoding from some legacy never-quite-standardized data structure and you have a mistake.)<br> <br>As I recall, vizx3d did perfect HAnim, skin and all.<br><br>Thanks and Best,<br>Joe<br><br>Extending H-Anim and X3D for Advanced Animation Control<br>Yvonne Jung∗ Johannes Behr†<br>Fraunhofer Institut f¨ur Graphische Datenverarbeitung Darmstadt, Germany<br><br><br><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px; border-left: #0000ff 2px solid; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: black;">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Andreas Plesch <andreasplesch@gmail.com>
<br>Sent: Oct 27, 2017 8:45 PM
<br>To: Don Brutzman <brutzman@nps.edu>, nt@xyz23.freeserve.co.uk
<br>Cc: X3D Graphics public mailing list <x3d-public@web3d.org>
<br>Subject: Re: [x3d-public] Vizx3D authoring tool found on Internet Archive
<br><br><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">The validator at</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><a target="_blank" href="https://savage.nps.edu/X3dValidator?url=https://gist.github.com/andreasplesch/9e5c894cd83894c5d2731bd8f820d9d9/raw/puppeteer.x3d">https://savage.nps.edu/<wbr>X3dValidator?url=https://gist.<wbr>github.com/andreasplesch/<wbr>9e5c894cd83894c5d2731bd8f820d9<wbr>d9/raw/puppeteer.x3d</a><br><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto">finds a few more problems and pretty prints.</div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto">I see if my x3d-edit still works with my current Java setup.</div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.av3d.co.uk/" style="font-family:sans-serif">http://www.av3d.co.uk</a> is out of commission . This email includes the vizx3d provided email address of the author of the vizx3d sample as a recipient. Perhaps it is still in service ? If so, it would be ideal if the author could provide a license to use the model as part of the examples archive.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto">The software is shareware and was donated to the www archive. It may be safe to assume that all of its contents can be shared. I can dig a bit to uncover language which comes with vizx3d.</div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 27, 2017 10:00 PM, "Don Brutzman" <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu">brutzman@nps.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="m_-5379466506246723021quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Super. How do the licenses look on this Andreas, for original and for your conversion? Can we add this to open-source X3D Examples Archive?<div class="m_-5379466506246723021quoted-text"><br>
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On 10/27/2017 2:28 PM, Andreas Plesch wrote:<br>
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Here is the straight x3d export of the viz3d Puppeteer sample:<br>
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<a target="_blank" href="https://bl.ocks.org/andreasplesch/9e5c894cd83894c5d2731bd8f820d9d9" rel="noreferrer">https://bl.ocks.org/andreasple<wbr>sch/9e5c894cd83894c5d2731bd8f8<wbr>20d9d9</a><br>
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-Andreas<br>
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On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Andreas Plesch <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:andreasplesch@gmail.com">andreasplesch@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a target="_blank" href="mailto:andreasplesch@gmail.com">andreasplesch@gmail.co<wbr>m</a>>> wrote:<br>
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I gave Vizx3D a try under Wine and it worked really well. It comes with a few, larger example scene some of which seem worth exporting as .x3d , and preserved separately:<br>
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Here is screenshot of the puppeteer example:<br>
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(by Adeniké Turner, email: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:nt@xyz23.freeserve.co.uk">nt@xyz23.freeserve.co.uk</a> <mailto:<a target="_blank" href="mailto:nt@xyz23.freeserve.co.uk">nt@xyz23.freeserve.co.<wbr>uk</a>>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.av3d.co.uk" rel="noreferrer">http://www.av3d.co.uk</a>)<div class="m_-5379466506246723021quoted-text"><br>
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List of other examples:<br>
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- Antz (by John M., no further attriubtion)<br></div>
- the Aquarium (by Amalgam One, email: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:amalgam@xyz23.freeserve.co.uk">amalgam@xyz23.freeserve.co.uk</a> <mailto:<a target="_blank" href="mailto:amalgam@xyz23.freeserve.co.uk">amalgam@xyz23.freeserv<wbr>e.co.uk</a>>,<div class="m_-5379466506246723021quoted-text"><br>
- Articulated HAnim ( (c) 2000 gdruiven )<br></div>
- C3Fleet (Copyright by Larry Rosenthal, Starbase C3, Cube Productions Inc., <a target="_blank" href="mailto:larryr@starbasec3.com">larryr@starbasec3.com</a> <mailto:<a target="_blank" href="mailto:larryr@starbasec3.com">larryr@starbasec3.com</a>><wbr>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cube3.com" rel="noreferrer">www.cube3.com</a> <<a target="_blank" href="http://www.cube3.com" rel="noreferrer">http://www.cube3.com</a>> )<br>
- PoliceShipFA (Copyright by Larry Rosenthal, Starbase C3, Cube Productions Inc., <a target="_blank" href="mailto:larryr@starbasec3.com">larryr@starbasec3.com</a> <mailto:<a target="_blank" href="mailto:larryr@starbasec3.com">larryr@starbasec3.com</a>><wbr>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cube3.com" rel="noreferrer">www.cube3.com</a> <<a target="_blank" href="http://www.cube3.com" rel="noreferrer">http://www.cube3.com</a>> )<br>
- Dragon (no attribution)<br>
- Salsa (by Adeniké Turner, email: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:nt@xyz23.freeserve.co.uk">nt@xyz23.freeserve.co.uk</a> <mailto:<a target="_blank" href="mailto:nt@xyz23.freeserve.co.uk">nt@xyz23.freeserve.co.<wbr>uk</a>>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.av3d.co.uk" rel="noreferrer">http://www.av3d.co.uk</a>)<div class="m_-5379466506246723021quoted-text"><br>
- The Brat (Copyright Victoria Turri ( Gammonbrat ), <a target="_blank" href="http://av.alleyweb.co.uk" rel="noreferrer">http://av.alleyweb.co.uk</a>); nice HAnim<br>
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-Andreas<br>
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> From: Don Brutzman <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu">brutzman@nps.edu</a> <mailto:<a target="_blank" href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu">brutzman@nps.edu</a>>><br>
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> The Vizx3D tool was donated by Tucows to Internet Archive for indefinite archive availability.<br>
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> <a target="_blank" href="https://archive.org/details/tucows_353031_Vizx3D" rel="noreferrer">https://archive.org/details/tu<wbr>cows_353031_Vizx3D</a> <<a target="_blank" href="https://archive.org/details/tucows_353031_Vizx3D" rel="noreferrer">https://archive.org/details/t<wbr>ucows_353031_Vizx3D</a>><div class="m_-5379466506246723021quoted-text"><br>
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> ==============================<wbr>==================<br>
> Vizx3D<br>
> by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.vizx3d.com" rel="noreferrer">http://www.vizx3d.com</a><br>
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> Publication date 2004-02-03<br>
> Topics Vizx3D, Multimedia, Image tools, 3D modeling, Vizx3D<br>
> This 3D modeling and animating application creates X3D VRML97 files. To view the files, you will need a 3D plug-in for your Web browser. Features include H-Anim 2001 single-mesh avatar support, an improved IFS/NURBS surface editor, subdivided surfaces and multi-texture functions.<br>
> Notes<br>
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> Tucows, Inc has graciously donated a copy of this software to the Internet Archive's Tucows Software Archive for long term preservation and access. Please check the Tucows website for all current versions of the software.<br>
> Identifier tucows_353031_Vizx3D<br>
> Rights Commercial<br>
> Tucows_rating 3<br>
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> Also at<br></div>
> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.tucows.com/preview/353031/Vizx3D" rel="noreferrer">http://www.tucows.com/preview/<wbr>353031/Vizx3D</a> <<a target="_blank" href="http://www.tucows.com/preview/353031/Vizx3D" rel="noreferrer">http://www.tucows.com/preview<wbr>/353031/Vizx3D</a>><div class="m_-5379466506246723021quoted-text"><br>
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> lists Vizx3D as shareware with cost of $299 with a 30-day trial license.<br>
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> "This 3D modeling and animating application creates X3D VRML97 files. To view the files, you will need a 3D plug-in for your Web browser. Features include H-Anim 2001 single-mesh avatar support, an improved IFS/NURBS surface editor, subdivided surfaces and multi-texture functions."<br>
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> This tool was popular with a number of our students in the VRML97 and X3D v3.0 era. It has a simple learning curve and always seemed to produce excellent results.<br>
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> The above links are now added to<br>
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> X3D Resources: Authoring Tools and Programming Libraries for X3D Scenes<br></div>
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> Legacy and unsupported X3D authoring tools, Vizx3D<br></div>
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> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.vizx3d.com" rel="noreferrer">http://www.vizx3d.com</a> domain name is for sale.<br>
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> Attached Vizx3D screenshot image is found at<br>
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