<div dir="auto">No worries. We remember when OpenSim (open SecondLife) was going to take over.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The difference this time is we are getting consumer-grade XR devices that are cheaper than phones and computers.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">What makes the web work is secure openness (the network effect).</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">What I’m trying to do is figure out what the main classes we may see in the Metaverse. More nouns and verbs: Humanoid, Humanoid animations.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">John</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 1:42 PM Christoph Valentin <<a href="mailto:christoph.valentin@gmx.at">christoph.valentin@gmx.at</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div><div style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px"><div style="font-family:Verdana">Matthew 6:24</div>
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<div style="font-family:Verdana">If "the Metaverse" really makes the run for the commonly accepted term for what-I-call "Integrated 3D Collaboration" (in a more humble way), AND if the vendors for "the Metaverse" really understand the necessity to employ commonly accepted, open standards, then they will select and support X3D automatically.</div>
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<div style="font-family:Verdana">Stay who you are. Do good things and talk about it. You don't have to pander to the Metaverse (translation from German language by <a href="http://translate.google.at" target="_blank" style="font-family:Verdana">translate.google.at</a>).</div>
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<b style="font-family:Verdana">Von:</b> "John Carlson" <<a href="mailto:yottzumm@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:Verdana">yottzumm@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Verdana">An:</b> "Christoph Valentin" <<a href="mailto:christoph.valentin@gmx.at" target="_blank" style="font-family:Verdana">christoph.valentin@gmx.at</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Verdana">Cc:</b> "Don Brutzman" <<a href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu" target="_blank" style="font-family:Verdana">brutzman@nps.edu</a>>, "X3D Public Mailing List (<a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org" target="_blank" style="font-family:Verdana">x3d-public@web3d.org</a>)" <<a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org" target="_blank" style="font-family:Verdana">x3d-public@web3d.org</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Verdana">Betreff:</b> Re: Re: [x3d-public] X3D Working Group meeting 23 SEP 2022: X3D Application Stack Layers Alternatives diagram refinement</div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px"><div style="font-family:Verdana"><div style="font-family:Verdana"><div name="quote" style="margin:10px 5px 5px 10px;padding:10px 0px 10px 10px;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;word-wrap:break-word;font-family:Verdana;border-left-color:rgb(195,217,229)">
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<div style="font-family:Verdana">Personally, I think we’re all trying to figure out how X3D fits into the Metaverse, which was why i was trying to come up with things we might want to do in the Metaverse, and what might appear in the Metaverse.</div>
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<div style="font-family:Verdana">For me, i may want to show the X3D standard in the Metaverse.</div>
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<div class="gmail_attr" style="font-family:Verdana">On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 1:16 PM Christoph Valentin <<a href="mailto:christoph.valentin@gmx.at" target="_blank" style="font-family:Verdana">christoph.valentin@gmx.at</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div style="font-family:Verdana">I understood the diagram as a help for decision, if someone likes to implement an "X3D Application" and wants to know, which kind of expertise they will need.</div>
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<div style="font-family:Verdana">True?</div>
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<div style="font-family:Verdana">P.S.: on the other hand, the diagram I suggested earlier this week, was just a "rough overview for starters", about how X3D fits into any computer system.</div>
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<b style="font-family:Verdana">Von:</b> "John Carlson" <<a href="mailto:yottzumm@gmail.com" style="font-family:Verdana" target="_blank">yottzumm@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Verdana">An:</b> "Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV)" <<a href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu" style="font-family:Verdana" target="_blank">brutzman@nps.edu</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Verdana">Cc:</b> "X3D Public Mailing List (<a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org" style="font-family:Verdana" target="_blank">x3d-public@web3d.org</a>)" <<a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org" style="font-family:Verdana" target="_blank">x3d-public@web3d.org</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Verdana">Betreff:</b> Re: [x3d-public] X3D Working Group meeting 23 SEP 2022: X3D Application Stack Layers Alternatives diagram refinement</div>
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<div style="font-family:Verdana">Perhaps we should focus on Author/Creator, Read/View, Manipulate/Update/Edit/Transform/Convert, Debug/Test, Secure, Compress/Decompress, Publish/Evangelize, Buy/Browse, Sell/Purvey, more verbs. … Archive</div>
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<div style="font-family:Verdana">On all our main classes:</div>
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<div style="font-family:Verdana">Standards, Object Models, Conversion Programs, Worlds, Scenes, Models, Examples, Renderings, Bindings, Encodings, Schemas, Files, Tools/Browsers/Apps/Libraries</div>
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<div style="font-family:Verdana">So on one axis we put verbs, and on other axis we put nouns/classes.</div>
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<div style="font-family:Verdana">I’m not really pushing my way. I think it better demonstrates where work needs to be done.</div>
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<div style="font-family:Verdana">In particular, our standards don’t refer to monetization at all. GNU at least advocates selling support, there’s Patreon, Odysee and 3D model stores.</div>
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<div style="font-family:Verdana">Thanks, Don, for helping get beyond simple CRUD-GR!</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Verdana">Good point. There are two similar concepts I’m trying to distinguish:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in;font-family:Verdana">(a) 3D models can be converted for reuse offline,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Verdana">Attached please find this morning’s update. Added a caption for further explanation:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Verdana">Complicated territory – does this help describe the many options available with X3D? Am striving for clarity and simplicity, if possible. Hopefully this diagram continues to improve, and might help us show the X3D value propositions more widely, including to Metaverse Standards Forum participants.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">all the best, Don</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Don Brutzman Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br <a href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu" style="font-family:"Courier New"" target="_blank">brutzman@nps.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Watkins 270, MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA +1.831.656.2149</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">X3D graphics, virtual worlds, Navy robotics https://</span> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><a href="http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman" style="font-family:"Courier New"" target="_blank">faculty.nps.edu/brutzman</a></span></p>
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<b style="font-family:Verdana">Sent:</b> Friday, September 23, 2022 11:43 AM<br>
<b style="font-family:Verdana">To:</b> X3D Public Mailing List (<a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org" style="font-family:Verdana" target="_blank">x3d-public@web3d.org</a>) <<a href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org" style="font-family:Verdana" target="_blank">x3d-public@web3d.org</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Verdana">Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu" style="font-family:Verdana" target="_blank">brutzman@nps.edu</a><br>
<b style="font-family:Verdana">Subject:</b> X3D Working Group meeting 23 SEP 2022: Mantis issues review, ballot deadlines, X3D Application Stack Layer Examples diagram</p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">* "SVG is a markup language for describing two-dimensional graphics applications and images, and a set of related graphics script interfaces."</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">This issue suggests that SVG be listed as a recommended (optional) format that can be rendered as an ImageTexture, using the default presentation settings of the SVG model.</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">Of note is that browsers are not forbidden from implementing SVG as an ImageTexture format, and also that SVG-to-PNG converters are commonplace.</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">Of further note is that the DPS minutes already showed a use case for SVG as ImageTexture, namely conversion of metadata information as a carefully laid-out annotation image that is billboarded in context. Having direct SVG rendering would eliminate the offscreen conversion step, permitting direct integration of X3D models with other HTML/SVG web graphics.</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">Possible alternate: define SvgTexture node? What fields would it have?</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">a. Browsers are welcome to implement ImageTexture as an allowed url format if they see fit,</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">a. The concepts are directly aligned and overlapping, with some additions by QIF.</span><br clear="all">
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<a href="http://www.web3d.org/documents/specifications/19775-1/V3.3/Part01/components/core.html#BindableChildrenNodes" style="font-family:Verdana" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)">http://www.web3d.org/documents/specifications/19775-1/V3.3/Part01/components/core.html#BindableChildrenNodes</span></a><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)">Subject: Undefined results if bindable node is under Switch or LOD is problematic</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)">Spec sayeth:</span><br clear="all">
<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)">"The results are undefined if a bindable node is bound and is the child of an LOD, Switch, or any node or prototype that disables its children."</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)">This leads to all manner of inconsistent problems among scenes. It also means that Inline node (which may or may not include bindable nodes) has undefined behavior under LOD/Switch/etc.</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)">As a result, in addition to indeterminate X3D browser behavior, it means that X3D scenes are not fully composable. That is contrary to X3D design objectives.</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)">Different prose and deterministic guidelines is needed in this section that provides clear rules for binding/unbinding nodes when they become active within LOD/Switch/etc. Small adaptations to current binding rules can likely address this problem satisfactorily.</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)">Related: Mantis issue 749</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">a. Switch would keep each binding stack aligned with whichever child was active, thereby binding and unbinding nodes whenever the Switch level is modified.</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">b. LOD would have all of its child bindable nodes on the binding stack throughout, so that user experience was consistent. For example, it would make no sense for Viewpoints to get arbitrarily unbound and bound, based on range to viewer, as a user independently navigated through a scene.</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">c. LOD attempting to maintain author intent has access to all Viewpoint nodes on binding stack, and range-to-viewer LOD transitions are either flexible suggestions (browser-optimization control) or rigidly enforced (forceTransitions field is TRUE). Thus if a node is subsequently bound by user in a different inactive LOD child branch, then that binding event is honored and that LOD child branch becomes the active child branch. This binding event (and changed LOD child branch selection) takes precedence over browser range/performance considerations, and also takes precedence over whatever value is provided in forceTransitions field. (Example: selecting a room Viewpoint while in a large building model).</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">d. NavigationInfo, Background and Fog binding stacks and responses to binding events should behave identically to Viewpoint. Variations would be exceedingly complex and not understandable. Consistency means that author intent and user action always take precedence, for Switch and LOD response.</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">Spec editors work on integrating these principles as specification prose (we are close already) and report back recommended changes to X3D working group.</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">Don's opinion: this will significantly help user-sensible scalability of huge (perhaps Metaverse-scale) models using many Inline and prototype nodes, enabling predictable and performant navigation and traversal throughout.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(235,235,235);color:black">Today’s session.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(243,243,243);color:black">Alternatives deserving working-review consensus:</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">a. Recommending this clarification of undefined prior specification prose might add important value, or might be construed as a technical change to X3D4.0 that possibly requires future re-balloting as another X3D 4.0 DIS (which is not an acceptable outcome).</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">b. If not balloted then this becomes an X3D4.1 issue.</span><br clear="all">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">c. Web3D might consider some alternative approach to strongly encourage adoption of this clarified approach in order to further encourage greater scalability of multi-world environments, and better alignment with shared Metaverse design imperatives. For example, are we creating a Best Practices Pending X3D 4.1 Approval document of some sort?</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Verdana">2. We only have 4 total issues to review as planned Web3D comments. This will occur during a single working-group meeting, 7 OCT.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Verdana">Deadline for X3D Ballot comments:</p>
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<li style="margin-left:0in;font-family:Verdana">OCT, Web3D comments to INCITS (U.S. National Standards Body</li>
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<li style="margin-left:0in;font-family:Verdana">4 NOV, SC24 comments to ISO</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Verdana">3. Bonus round: we worked on the “layer” diagram from recent meetings a bit more. Latest X3dApplicationStackLayerExamples is attached, all comments welcome.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Verdana">Have fun with X3D!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">all the best, Don</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Don Brutzman Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br <a href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu" style="font-family:"Courier New"" target="_blank">brutzman@nps.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Watkins 270, MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA +1.831.656.2149</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">X3D graphics, virtual worlds, Navy robotics https://</span> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><a href="http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman" style="font-family:"Courier New"" target="_blank">faculty.nps.edu/brutzman</a></span></p>
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