[x3d-public] X3D Working Group meeting 16 May 2018 minutes: Web3D 2018 and SIGGRAPH preparations, HAnim work

[Don Brutzman]

Attendees:  Anita Havele, Vince Marchetti, Nicholas Polys, Dick Puk, Don Brutzman

We proceeded with the agenda found in last week's minutes.

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1.  *Web3D 2018 Conference*

Conference registration is open, VR Hackathon registration (free) is also open.

Full program and speakers list is also online

	https://web3d2018.web3d.org

	https://web3d2018.web3d.org/program

Keynote speech: Daniel Thalmann
Invited speech: Patrick Bourdot – EuroVR Association
Keynote speech: Mariano Alcañiz Raya
Keynote speech: Neil Trevett

Workshop: Semantic 3D
Tutorial: Web3D Quickstart
Session:  Open Web3D Consortium Meeting
Workshop: CAD and Digital Twin visualization in 3D and AR on the Web
Tutorial: X3D Geospatial
Tutorial: VTK: Visualization toolkit on the Web
Tutorial: Automated 3D Scanning
Workshop: X3D Futures: Adoption of HTML5 & VR/AR on the Web
Tutorial: Automated 3D Scanning
Tutorial: Physically-based Rendering Quickstart, +
Tutorial: Modeling and rendering architectural spaces with SketchUp
Session:  Final panel discussion
Session:  Showcase demos, awards, closing
Lab Tour: Guided VR/AR Lab Visit, University of Economics Poznan

Anita is organizing a use-cases session to highlight each of the major domains affected.
"X3D Use Case: Medical, Design, 3D Printing and Scanning, and AR/VR"

I will prepare initial half of X3D Futures presentation, outlining our activities architecture and forecast.  Will synopsize/extrapolate from last year's very thorough presentation by Roy and I.  Will work to get that in front of working group before conference.  We can tune the messaging for "how to get involved, how to get your efforts into X3D v4" when f2f during the VR Hackathon together in Poznan.

Request to Web3D 2018 conference committee: please send announcement materials for Web3D Twitter.  Weekly setups for
- Keynote speakers
- Workshops
- Tutorials

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2.  *SIGGRAPH 2018 Conference, Vancouver CA, 12-16 August 2018*

https://s2018.siggraph.org

SIGGRAPH 2018 Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions:

Design Printing and Scanning: Web3D Makers Making More!
* 3D CAD models can reach beyond the screen to physical objects. Intelligent X3D applications link 3D printing, scanning, and Web visualizations to the real world.
* How can we integrate 3D publishing even further in new devices and authoring toolchains?
  
Scaling Up 3D Medical Applications for People Everywhere
* Data-harmonization efforts by Web3D, DICOM and HL7 are working to support medical visualization, analytics, and electronic publication medical records.
* What else is needed to make amazing 3D capabilities available to support everyone?
  
X3D Evolution for a Larger Web
* Upcoming X3D Specification improvements add full Web integration, Physically Based Rendering, and VR/AR/Mixed Reality.
* Broad interoperability: JSON encoding, JavaScript/Java/C# programming-language bindings, repeatable design patterns using X3D Unified Object Model
* Latest highlights from Web3D 2018 Conference in Poznan Poland
* What other capabilities does SIGGRAPH community need for 3D publishing on Web?
  
Geospatial
* Demos on STOQS, SPIDERS3D and Web3D 2018 Conference Geospatial highlights will be part of SIGGRAPH CARTO BoF.
* Don Brutzman coordinating with Mike McCann.

Web3D Korea Chapter Annual Meeting
* Each year at SIGGRAPH members of the Web3D Consortium Korea Chapter present technology updates of their latest development and specification improvements.
* These are always totally impressive and consistently extend the boundaries of X3D Graphics innovation.
* Last year: Korea Chapter Web3D 2017
   http://www.web3d.org/korea-chapter-meeting-siggraph-2017

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3. *HAnim work nearing completion*

Humanoid Animation (HAnim) progress towards Draft International Specification (DIS), public review comments requested by 18 May 2018.  Weekly teleconference Wednesdays 1700-1830 pacific.

Urgent HAnim Specification Improvements for DIS Submission
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v1peZ-k-k4u6vGAAEHtw5qEN-3OTZmpN3Vg3kNJgVp4

http://www.web3d.org/news-story/review-opportunity-humanoid-animation-hanim-v2-draft-international-specification-dis

HAnim Video Competition - Submission Deadline was 11 May 2018.  Judging has begun.

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	Join the Web3D Consortium
	http://www.web3d.org/join

Busy times indeed... Looking forward to seeing everyone in Poznan and Vancouver.  Have fun with X3D!

all the best, Don
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Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br       brutzman at nps.edu
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X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman