<div dir="ltr"><br><div><br></div><div>wondering if this is appropriate for X3D 4.0</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/1394209.1394218">https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/1394209.1394218</a> </div><div> <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 9:04 AM GPU Group <<a href="mailto:gpugroup@gmail.com">gpugroup@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">COVID-19 > social distancing > teleworking > tools for teleworking > telepresence / teletravel / remote work<div>Economies are taking big hits from the social distancing measures - in the trillions globally.</div><div>So if there was some ways to work better from a distance, that would have benefits:</div><div>- reduce spread rate of transmissible diseases that kill people</div><div>- reduce the cost to society of transportation</div><div>- keep economy going during strict social distancing 'lockdowns' </div><div>-- and reduce the cost to governments of social programs to support unemployed workers</div><div>- keep key essential workers employed while waiting for test results</div><div>- reduce GHG emissions / co-benefits of meeting Paris and net-zero-2050 early</div><div>But what precisely, and how relate to web3d?</div><div>-Doug Sanden</div><div>some of my old thoughts:</div><div><div><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/commutar/home/telerobotics" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/commutar/home/telerobotics</a> </div><div><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/commutar/home/telepresence" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/commutar/home/telepresence</a> <br></div><div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 10:48 PM Feng Liu <<a href="mailto:LIU_F@mercer.edu" target="_blank">LIU_F@mercer.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Web3DUX Group Meeting minutes<br>
Date: April 8, 2020<br>
Attendees: Amela Sadagic, Don Brutzman, Richard F. Puk and Feng Liu<br>
Regrets: Nicholas Polys; <br>
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Items discussed:<br>
1. COVID-19 and Current Web3D / X3D contributions discussion:<br>
- Everyone attended the meeting are doing well.<br>
- NIH 3D print exchange site – enable X3D view in<br>
a browser: <a href="https://3dprint.nih.gov/discover/3dpx/013429/x3d" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://3dprint.nih.gov/discover/3dpx/013429/x3d</a> <br>
- America made provide a platform publishing 3D design of the fighting COVID-19 supplies: <a href="https://www.americamakes.us/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.americamakes.us/</a> <br>
- Amela’s team is working on optimizing the 3D model with a goal of improving usability. There are many factors (adoption procedure and policy, etc.) involved before a mask/a design got approval<br>
- Feng expressed her interest in inviting her summer students to participate in the effort. <br>
- Don reminded us to align the working group's long term goals with the current effort of the involvement of fighting COVID-19. To identify Web3D + UX research opportunities with the involvements. <br>
- Feng is going to looking for COVID-19 research<br>
funding opportunities regarding Web3D and UX areas. <br>
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2. Update the report from the last meeting. No progress on the following items so far<br>
- Due to COVID-19 impact. The following item still needs to be done. <br>
- Review Publications on Three types of interactions <br>
-- Create a folder in one drive – share with you all to collect Literature Review Publications on Three types of interactions – Feng (Done)<br>
-- Develop a spreadsheet to categorize the subjects with the papers we review - Amela. <br>
-- List an “other” category for other UX related topics <br>
-- Collecting papers and put them into different categories – Amela and Feng<br>
-- Collect data/currents publications/papers and authors to invite to the group for later<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Nicholas F. Polys, Ph.D.<br><br>Director of Visual Computing <br>Virginia Tech Research Computing <br><br>Affiliate Professor<br>Virginia Tech Department of Computer Science<br></div>