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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, Vince Marchetti, Dick Puk, Don Brutzman.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The X3D Working Group meets each Friday 09-1000 pacific (12-1300 eastern).<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:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81634670698?pwd=a1VPeU5tN01rc21Oa3hScUlHK0Rxdz09">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81634670698?pwd=a1VPeU5tN01rc21Oa3hScUlHK0Rxdz09</a> <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoPlainText style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="https://zoom.us/j/148206572">https://zoom.us/j/148206572</a> Password 483805 <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoPlainText style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="https://www.web3d.org/member/teleconference-information">https://www.web3d.org/member/teleconference-information</a> <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We again looked at updating the X3D Working Group Charter for 2024. Current charter is online 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:l0 level1 lfo1'>https://www.web3d.org/working-groups/x3d<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>First section with suggested edits follows. None of the current charter words are incorrect, am looking to simplify and make clearer:<o:p></o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Overview:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics Working Group <s>forms the core of the</s> <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>provides the core technical foundation for all</span> working groups within the Web3D Consortium. It is responsible for <s>the</s> development of <s>specification of core technologies for</s> the X3D suite of <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>S</span>pecifications, <s>and the integration of the</s> maximum interoperability with related <s>specifications for non-core</s> technologies<span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>,</span> and coordinating the <s>technical aspects of all Web3D working group efforts</s> <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>broad deployment of interactive X3D models</span>. The </span></em><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal'><a href="https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dGraphicsStandardsRelationships.png"><i>X3D Graphics Standards: Specification Relationships</i></a></span></em><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <s>graphic nicely</s> <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>diagram</span> illustrates<span style='color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'> </span><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>these capabilities</span> <s>the interaction and</s> <s>relationships between the various X3D specifications</s>.<o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Interest in <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>metaverse and</span> augmented reality, <s>improvements in</s> <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>high-quality</span> audio and visual fidelity <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>on any computer platform</span>, and <s>new</s> <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>support for multiple file</span> encodings <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>and programming languages</span> <s>including JSON and streaming binary</s> are driving the <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>broad deployment of interactive X3D4 models across the Web</span> <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>into new domains of real-time 3D human interaction</span> <s>development of the next revision of the standard. The Working Group is looking for people to help with these and other technical fields in creating the X3D V4.0 standard.</s><o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><em><s><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The wide-spread adoption of WebGL in all browsers is driving X3D into the future. The next generation of X3D (V4.0) will be embedded in the browser and support full interaction with the web page. It will include all of the features of X3D that are currently available plus new rendering, interaction, and device support all running in your browser, whether it is on your desktop or your phone. In addition to X3D continuing to work in non-browser environments.<o:p></o:p></span></s></em></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Condensed:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>The Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics Working Group provides the core technical foundation for all working groups within the Web3D Consortium. It is responsible for development of the X3D suite of specifications, maximum interoperability with related technologies, and coordinating the broad deployment of interactive X3D models. The <a href="https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dGraphicsStandardsRelationships.png"><span style='color:#044A91;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#044A91;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;font-style:normal'>X3D Graphics Standards: Specification Relationships</span></a> diagram illustrates these capabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Interest in metaverse and augmented reality, improvements in high-quality audio and visual fidelity on any computer platform, and new support for multiple file encodings and programming languages including JSON and streaming binary are driving the broad deployment of interactive X3D4 models across the Web into new domains of real-time 3D human interaction.<o:p></o:p></span></em></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[The next proposed sections are updates from last week’s meeting and email discussion.]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>X3D Working Group priorities for 2024 follow.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b>Specifications Synchronization</b>. Update, review, implement and advance all corresponding X3D specifications for file encodings and language encodings, continuing rigorous attention to detail through Web3D Consortium, W3C, US INCITS H3, and ISO/IEC standards development organizations (SDOs).<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b>Implementations</b>. Provide a technical forum that encourages the greatest possible development for functionally complete X3D4 applications, authoring tools, and model converters such as Blender and MeshLab. Pay special attention to implementations using Humanoid Animation (HAnim), glTF model import, Web Audio API and MIDI 2.0 capabilities for integrated spatial auralization, projective texture mapping, HTML5 integration, XML, JSON/JavaScript, Java, Python, C/C++/C#, compressed binary formats, and additional new X3D 4.0 features. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b>Publications</b>. Demonstrate how X3D can make 3D Graphics part of the modern Web by integrating with key infrastructure such as Web3D Conference series, Wikipedia, and other major publication resources.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b>Innovation Foundation</b>. Show how Extensibility mechanisms for X3D can implement new capabilities in a standards-compatible way. Much is possible, model correctness is validatable, and few barriers to exploration exist.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b>Metaverse</b>. Support 3D Web Interoperability and Metaverse Standards Register groups in the Metaverse Standards Forum (MSF), implementing shared use cases to provide helpful feedback on successes and next-step goals.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>These renewed priorities fit well as next steps in a quarter century of stable evolution using Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) and X3D.<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:l2 level1 lfo2'><b>Past as Prologue</b>. The X3D Working Group carefully follows Web3D policies and procedures, integrating much public/private comment that is well documented in X3D email archives and Mantis issue tracker. Both backwards compatibility and forwards extensibility have been carefully preserved throughout, enabling effective reuse of every VRML97 and X3D model for the past quarter century. Seventh in a specification series starting with VRML97, successful completion of the X3D 4.0 Architecture once again proves that this collaborative process is effective.<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><b>Present, 2024</b>. There is much capability in X3D 4.0 already that deserves broader implementation and exposure in high-capability models. Consequently we are deliberately <b>not</b> pursuing X3D 4.1 specification improvements with ISO/IEC in 2024. Meanwhile we do encourage <b>Innovation</b> by emphasizing X3D extensibility mechanisms: Inline, Script, Prototype, software libraries supporting source-code implementations that generate X3D, etc. etc. New candidate nodes (such as <i>Image Atlas</i>) that rise to the level of broad usefulness can be formally considered as contributions to Web3D Recommended Practice.<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><b>Future, 2025+</b>. Once all of the corresponding X3D specifications have been updated to match X3D 4.0 architecture, development of a future X3D 4.1 specification revision will be possible.<o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What’s missing? What’s unclear and might be better expressed? What else do <u>you</u> need?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All improvements are welcome, a big year awaits us…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for considering the possibilities. Have fun with X3D! 8)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ligatures:none'>all the best, Don<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ligatures:none'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ligatures:none'>Don Brutzman Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br brutzman@nps.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ligatures:none'>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:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ligatures:none'>X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics https://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>