[x3d-public] X3D Dinobook, request for cocreators or good searching

[John Carlson]

Did I call this, or what?
https://gizmodo.com/nvidia-taught-an-ai-to-instantly-generate-fully-texture-1840323132

On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 4:30 PM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Does anyone want to help create coloring books of dinosaurs in
> VRML/X3D/VR/AR/XR?  I'm guessing we can do something like take dinosaur 3D
> models from popular movies and reduce them to B&W through edge detection
> and enhancement.  Or just use these with permission:
> https://www.google.com/books/edition/Jurassic_World_Adult_Coloring_Book/4dGMDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
> Once we have them colored, we project them back into 3D and have them
> wander around the scene, play tag, hide and seek, etc.
>
> Just what a little web search brings up:
>
> Imagineering: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1085105428192466
>
>
> https://castle-engine.io/vrml_engine_doc/output/xsl/html-nochunks/vrml_engine.html#idm1231
>
>
> I guess I'm 5 years behind, at least, or more like 40.  I don't see any
> commercial versions, but I haven't done extensive searches.
>
> I think it would be a lot of fun for kids to have their own herd.
>
> What might be the pain points in X3D that would need to be developed
> for X3Dv4.1?  I have HAnim (I've heard you Joe) as one.
>
> One thing I've done a bit of work on is using a movie texture on a
> sphere.  I think the coloring tool would require something similar, but
> perhaps it would work well with just a HTML5 canvas capture.
>
> Better web searching than mine would be wonderful.  It would be a lot
> easier to find something than develop it.
>
> John Carlson
>
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