[x3d-public] X3D meeting agenda 28 July 2022: X3D4 Scene Access Interface (SAI) review

[John Carlson]

Readable might be replaced by watchable.

On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 11:31 PM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:

> So far, I have two comments on the SAI NWIP.   The SAI standard should be
> responsive and readable by people losing their sight; the SAI standard
> should be readable on various mobile devices.
>
> Two,   the metaverse standards should be at least readable in the
> metaverse.
>
> John
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 1:47 PM Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV) <
> brutzman at nps.edu> wrote:
>
>> There will be a meeting of X3D Working Group on Friday 29 July 2022 at
>> 09-10 pacific.  Connection information and topics follow.
>>
>>
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>>    -
>>    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81634670698?pwd=a1VPeU5tN01rc21Oa3hScUlHK0Rxdz09
>>    - https://zoom.us/j/148206572  Password 483805
>>    - https://www.web3d.org/member/teleconference-information
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>>
>>
>>    1. Web3D 2022 Call for Papers – real soon now!
>>
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>>    - https://web3d.siggraph.org
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>>    1. SIGGRAPH activities
>>       1. Web3D Ecosystem and the Metaverse - SIGGRAPH 2022 BOF
>>
>>
>> https://www.web3d.org/news-story/web3d-ecosystem-and-metaverse-siggraph-2022-bof
>>
>> https://s2022.siggraph.org/presentation/?id=bof_136&sess=sess335
>>
>> Join the Web3D Consortium for a discussion on how our technology
>> contributes to the Metaverse. From interactive Real-Time 3D, to Mixed
>> Reality and Humanoid Animation, everything we do in 3D is significant to an
>> open Metaverse. See how our members are scaling expertise in 3D, Modeling
>> and Simulation, Geospatial, Augmented Reality, and Web Audio towards an
>> open, interoperable Metaverse. Our extensible 3D presentation layer brings
>> 3D content from different domains from across the WWW into rich,
>> interactive 3D worlds.
>>
>>
>>
>>    1. ACM SIGGRAPH Cartographic Visualization (Carto) Birds of a Feather
>>
>> https://s2022.siggraph.org/presentation/?id=bof_101&sess=sess155
>>
>> The ACM SIGGRAPH Cartographic Visualization (Carto) session explores how
>> viewpoints and techniques from the computer graphics community can be
>> effectively applied to cartographic and spatial data sets.  Speakers
>> demonstrate their latest tools and application efforts.
>>
>>
>>
>>    1. Annual ISO/IEC JTC-1 SC24 meeting – progress report.
>>
>>
>>
>> X3D4, Smart Cities, VR/AR/MAR/XR, virtual/augmented reality health and
>> safety, more.
>>
>>
>>
>>    1. X3D4 Scene Access Interface (SAI) Review
>>
>>
>>
>> Our “specification mosaic” diagram shows how all the many X3D-related
>> specifications fit together.
>>
>>
>>
>>    - X3D Graphics Standards Relationships
>>    -
>>    https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dGraphicsStandardsRelationships.png
>>
>>
>>
>> With the X3D4 Draft International Standard (DIS) complete and undergoing
>> national-body balloting by ISO/IEC, it is time to turn our sights on X3D4
>> SAI.  This document forms the abstract-API reference and common basis for
>> numerous other X3D APIs including EcmaScript (JavaScript), Java, Python, C,
>> C#, C++.
>>
>>
>>
>>    - Information technology — Computer graphics, image processing and
>>    environmental data representation — Extensible 3D (X3D) —
>>    - Part 2: Scene access interface (SAI) ISO/IEC 19775-2:2015
>>    - https://www.web3d.org/documents/specifications/19775-2/V3.3
>>    - X3D is a file format and related access services for describing
>>    interactive 3D objects and worlds. X3D is designed to be used on the
>>    Internet, intranets, and local client systems. X3D is also intended to be a
>>    universal interchange format for integrated 3D graphics and multimedia. X3D
>>    may be used in a variety of application areas such as engineering and
>>    scientific visualization, multimedia presentations, entertainment and
>>    educational titles, web pages, and shared virtual worlds.
>>    - This part of ISO/IEC 19775 defines the scene access interface that
>>    can be used to interact with X3D worlds both from within the worlds or from
>>    external programs.
>>
>>
>>
>> Based on review/revision of X3D SAI 3.3 in 2015, led by Dick Puk and
>> myself for Web3D and ISO, this document is pretty mature.  I have performed
>> a careful document review, available at
>>
>>
>>
>>    -
>>    https://www.web3d.org/specifications/X3dSaiReviewCommentsJuly2022.reduced.pdf
>>    (14MB)
>>
>>
>>
>> Request all interested parties look over this comments review.  Next
>> go-forward step will be putting X3D4 SAI into Github version control for
>> Web3D Consortium members.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for all input and participation.  Have fun with X3D4 SAI review!
>> 8)
>>
>>
>>
>> all the best, Don
>>
>> --
>>
>> Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br
>> brutzman at nps.edu
>>
>> Watkins 270,  MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA
>> +1.831.656.2149
>>
>> X3D graphics, virtual worlds, Navy robotics https://
>> faculty.nps.edu/brutzman
>>
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