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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>There was a meeting of X3D Working Group on Friday 29 July 2022 at 09-10 pacific.  Connection information and topics follow.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Attendees: Anita Havele, Doug Sanden, Don Brutzman.  Prior review and inputs: Dick Puk.  Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoPlainText style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81634670698?pwd=a1VPeU5tN01rc21Oa3hScUlHK0Rxdz09 <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoPlainText style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>https://zoom.us/j/148206572  Password 483805 <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoPlainText style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>https://www.web3d.org/member/teleconference-information <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'>Doug Sanden described a lot of work he has going on with FreeWrl code review, upgrading for X3D4.  Expect to hear more on the mailing list as he progresses.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>http://freewrl.sourceforge.net<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=2 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><b>Web3D 2022</b> Confirmation (2-4 November 2022, Paris) Call for Papers – real soon now!<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3'>https://web3d.siggraph.org<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#6B7C93;background:white'>The<strong><span style='font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif'> 27th International Conference on 3D Web Technology</span></strong>, sponsored by </span><a href="https://www.siggraph.org/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#03A9F4;background:white'>ACM SIGGRAPH</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#6B7C93;background:white'> in cooperation with the </span><a href="https://www.web3d.org/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#03A9F4;background:white'>Web3D Consortium</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#6B7C93;background:white'>, is hosted by </span><a href="https://www.telecom-sudparis.eu/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#03A9F4;background:white'>Telecom SudParis</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#6B7C93;background:white'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Important dates:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3'>https://web3d.siggraph.org/important-dates<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3'><b>Saturday 30 July</b>:      Papers and Interactive Posters<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3'><b>Monday August 29: </b>Tutorials, Industrial Use Cases, Workshops, Competition.<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Authors are invited to submit original work presenting fundamental research, practice and experiments, or novel applications, in all areas of 3D graphics on the web and related topics therein.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=3 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'>SIGGRAPH activities: multiple big events this week!<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.25in'><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=3 type=1><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo6'><b>Web3D Ecosystem and the Metaverse - SIGGRAPH 2022 BOF<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'>https://www.web3d.org/news-story/web3d-ecosystem-and-metaverse-siggraph-2022-bof<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'>https://s2022.siggraph.org/presentation/?id=bof_136&sess=sess335<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'>https://www.web3d.org/event/web3d-bof-siggraph-2022<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'>https://twitt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ient systems. X3D is also intended to be a universal interchange format for integrated 3D graphics and multimedia. X3D may be used in a variety of application areas such as engineering and scientific visualization, multimedia presentations, entertainment and educational titles, web pages, and shared virtual worlds.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3'>This part of ISO/IEC 19775 defines the scene access interface that can be used to interact with X3D worlds both from within the worlds or from external programs.<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Based on review/revision of X3D SAI 3.3 in 2015, led by Dick Puk and myself for Web3D and ISO, this document is pretty mature.  I have performed a careful document review, available at<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3'>https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dSaiReviewCommentsJuly2022.reduced.pdf (14MB)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Under consideration, of general interest for future discussion:  can we help distinguish between different primary use cases, namely<o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=5 type=1><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo6'>Browser services (the current primary emphasis),<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo6'>Script node source code (sorta implicit), and<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo6'>Simple subset API used for model creation and authoring, no live browser interactions needed.<o:p></o:p></li></ol></ol><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If we get clearer about those three use cases, it may help all of our X3D SAI APIs be clearer and more useful.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Request all interested parties look over this comments review.  Next go-forward step will be putting X3D4 SAI into Github version control for Web3D Consortium members.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Thanks for all input and participation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Have fun with finishing Web3D 2022 papers/posters, watching SIGGRAPH videos, and (deep breath) X3D4 SAI review!  8)<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>all the best, Don<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br        brutzman@nps.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Watkins 270,  MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA    +1.831.656.2149<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>X3D graphics, virtual worlds, Navy robotics https://</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>faculty.nps.edu/brutzman<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>