<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 3, 2022, at 1:00 AM, Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV) <<a href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu" class="">brutzman@nps.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Monaco; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">We again meet this week 08-0900 Pacific on Web3D Consortium zoom line.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></div><ol start="3" type="1" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Is someone interested in leading updates to our X3D support spreadsheet?<o:p class=""></o:p></li><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">X3D Node Inventory Comparison<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dNodeInventoryComparison.xlsx" class="">https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dNodeInventoryComparison.xlsx</a><o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dNodeInventoryComparison.pdf" class="">https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dNodeInventoryComparison.pdf</a></li></ul></ol></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div>I would be interested in updating this resource, but propose limiting its scope:</div><div><br class=""></div><div>-- Focus on viewers, applications which at a minimum visually render X3D (XML encoding) files. Omit tools which are primarily for authoring or content creation such as Blender, Meshlab, X3D-Edit</div><div>-- Limit to viewers which are accessible to non-expert users, do not require compiling from source, on one or more of these platforms</div><div> -- Desktop: Windows, Linux, or MacOS, in their modern OS releases (no Windows XP applications!)</div><div> -- Web browser viewers implemented as javascript libraries</div><div> -- Web browser plugins or extensions which work in latest versions of the browsers</div><div> -- mobile applications which are available on the mobile stores</div><div> -- VR device software which is publically available</div><div>-- Cover both ( open-source or closed-source ) and (no-cost or purchased application)</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Propose refining this scope at the Feb 4 WG meeting, and reviewing what applications meet these criteria. My partial list would be</div><div>X3DOM</div><div>X-ITE</div><div>Xj3D</div><div>Instant Player</div><div>BS Contact</div><div>view3dscene</div><div>Octaga (?)</div><div>Chrome X3D extension</div><div>FreeWRL</div><div>H3D Viewer</div><div><br class=""></div><div>------</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Vince Marchetti</div></div></body></html>