[x3d-public] Web3DUX working group minutes 8 April 2020

[Nicholas Polys]

wondering if this is appropriate for X3D 4.0

https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/1394209.1394218


On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 9:04 AM GPU Group <gpugroup at gmail.com> wrote:

> COVID-19 > social distancing > teleworking > tools for teleworking >
> telepresence / teletravel / remote work
> Economies are taking big hits from the social distancing measures - in the
> trillions globally.
> So if there was some ways to work better from a distance, that would have
> benefits:
> - reduce spread rate of transmissible diseases that kill people
> - reduce the cost to society of transportation
> - keep economy going during strict social distancing 'lockdowns'
> -- and reduce the cost to governments of social programs to support
> unemployed workers
> - keep key essential workers employed while waiting for test results
> - reduce GHG emissions / co-benefits of meeting Paris and net-zero-2050
> early
> But what precisely, and how relate to web3d?
> -Doug Sanden
> some of my old thoughts:
> https://sites.google.com/site/commutar/home/telerobotics
> https://sites.google.com/site/commutar/home/telepresence
>
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 10:48 PM Feng Liu <LIU_F at mercer.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> Web3DUX Group Meeting minutes
>> Date: April 8, 2020
>> Attendees: Amela Sadagic, Don Brutzman, Richard F. Puk and Feng Liu
>> Regrets: Nicholas Polys;
>>
>> Items discussed:
>> 1. COVID-19 and Current Web3D / X3D contributions discussion:
>> - Everyone attended the meeting are doing well.
>> - NIH 3D print exchange site – enable X3D view in
>> a browser: https://3dprint.nih.gov/discover/3dpx/013429/x3d
>> - America made provide a platform publishing 3D design of the fighting
>> COVID-19 supplies: https://www.americamakes.us/
>> - Amela’s team is working on optimizing the 3D model with a goal of
>> improving usability. There are many factors (adoption procedure and policy,
>> etc.) involved before a mask/a design got approval
>> - Feng expressed her interest in inviting her summer students to
>> participate in the effort.
>> - Don reminded us to align the working group's long term goals with the
>> current effort of the involvement of fighting COVID-19. To identify Web3D +
>> UX research opportunities with the involvements.
>> - Feng is going to looking for COVID-19 research
>> funding opportunities regarding Web3D and UX areas.
>>
>> 2. Update the report from the last meeting. No progress on the following
>> items so far
>> - Due to COVID-19 impact. The following item still needs to be done.
>> - Review Publications on Three types of interactions
>> -- Create a folder in one drive – share with you all to collect
>> Literature Review Publications on Three types of interactions – Feng (Done)
>> -- Develop a spreadsheet to categorize the subjects with the papers we
>> review  - Amela.
>> -- List an “other” category for other UX related topics
>> -- Collecting papers and put them into different categories – Amela and
>> Feng
>> -- Collect data/currents publications/papers and authors to invite to the
>> group for later
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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-- 
Nicholas F. Polys, Ph.D.

Director of Visual Computing
Virginia Tech Research Computing

Affiliate Professor
Virginia Tech Department of Computer Science
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