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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>Attendees: Anita Havele, Dick Puk, Don Brutzman<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We normally meet Fridays 09-1000 pacific. (Regrets, no meeting next week.)<o:p></o:p></p><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:l1 level1 lfo1'><b>ISO Annual Meeting</b>. Dick and Don reviewed almost-complete annual meeting of ISO standards committee SC24. Our liaison report has been shared with Web3D Consortium members providing detail on all Web3D X3D and HAnim issues. Once the ISO meeting resolutions are shared and reviewed with members, we’ll be posting the Web3D Liaison report for public awareness. Summary: everything we have declared is progressing well.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><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:l1 level1 lfo1'><b>X3D Graphics Specification Relationships</b>. We have made some small adjustments to our (very busy!) chart describing all Web3D Consortium standards, and how they relate to other standards. Updated online at<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dGraphicsStandardsRelationships.png<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dGraphicsStandardsRelationships.pdf<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Improvements to color legend:<o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Grey, Proposed<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Orange, Working draft in progress<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Yellow, ISO balloting in progress<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>White, ISO approved<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thus three standards are in ballot (X3D 4.0 Architecture, X3D 3.3 SAI Bindings for C, C++, C#) and one standard is getting updated (X3D SAI from 3.3 to 4.0).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Of note is that rough-draft notes for (X3D SAI from 3.3 to 4.0) are posted as follows. Next step will be to put HTML versions with editorial markup in Web3D Consortium’s github version control.<o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dSaiReviewCommentsJuly2022.reduced.pdf<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As ever, comments welcome.<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:l1 level1 lfo1'><b>X3D and glTF Comparison</b>. Anita is checking our most recent postings that compared glTF and X3D, which led to full support of glTF capabilities in X3D4.<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:l0 level1 lfo2'>Integrating X3D and glTF: How to Play Together Well on the WWW<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Nicholas Polys, Ph.D., October, 2019<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>https://www.web3d.org/blog-integrating-x3d-and-gltf<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and<o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>X3D and glTF Features Comparison, 3 NOV 2017<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>https://www.web3d.org/sites/default/files/page/X3D%20Version%204%20Overview/glTfX3dFeaturesComparison.pdf<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hoping to confirm that everything there is still correct… changes in X3D4 likely means that some of these entries need to be updated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Review comments and improvements are welcome.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=4 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><b>Web3D Ecosystem and the Metaverse - SIGGRAPH 2022 BOF</b>. An excellent presentation is now available:<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:l0 level1 lfo2'>Web3D Ecosystem and the Metaverse - SIGGRAPH 2022 BOF, Join the Web3D Consortium for a discussion on how #X3D technology contributes to the Metaverse. From Interactive Real-Time 3D, to Mixed Reality and Humanoid Animation #HAnim for an open Metaverse.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>https://twitter.com/Web3DConsortium/status/1553065575512911876<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><a href="https://youtu.be/2T8WbIpdIDc">https://youtu.be/2T8WbIpdIDc</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>TODO: post two more videos from SIGGRAPH 2022 BOFs… hopefully next week.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=5 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><b>Metaverse Standards Forum</b>. As a Standards Development Organization (SDO) Web3D Consortium is a founding member of Metaverse Standards Forum. This work continues to ramp up rapidly, now with 1200 members.<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:l0 level1 lfo2'>Metaverse Standards Forum: Where Leading Standards Organizations and Companies Cooperate to Foster Interoperability Standards for an Open Metaverse<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>https://metaverse-standards.org<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Web3D Consortium actually has a lot of available technology capabilities in this space. To learn more, please see<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:l0 level1 lfo2'>“The Metaverse Standards Forum provides a unique opportunity to achieve secure, collaborative (interoperable), durable, and pervasive Mixed-Reality content,” said Nicholas Polys Ph.D., president of the Web3D Consortium.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>https://twitter.com/Web3DConsortium/status/1539412412377333761<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>https://www.web3d.org/blog/anitahavele/keys-open-interoperable-metaverse<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=6 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><b>Or else</b>. Have fun with X3D! 8)<o:p></o:p></li></ol><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><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>