[x3d-public] X3D meeting minutes 2 June 2023:

Fri Jun 2 10:09:24 PDT 2023

Attendees: Anita Havele, Nicholas Polys, Dick Puk, Don Brutzman.

Here are our minutes for this week - steady progress in multiple directions.
All participation in our weekly meetings is welcome.

0.	Participation.  The X3D Working Group meets weekly on Fridays
09-1000 Pacific on Web3D Consortium zoom channel.  Telcon information:

*
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81634670698?pwd=a1VPeU5tN01rc21Oa3hScUlHK0Rxdz09 
*	https://zoom.us/j/148206572  Password 483805 
*	https://www.web3d.org/member/teleconference-information 

1.	X3D 2023 goals.  Our primary activities for X3D Working Group in
2023 are focused on broad and correct deployment.

a.	Encourage consistent rendering, interaction and usage for the many
tremendous capabilities in X3D4.
b.	Update ISO specifications and implementations for multiple
programming languages and file encodings to match X3D4.

2.	SIGGRAPH 2023 and Web3D 2023 conference planning updates

Continuing discussion on activities, dates, times, participation, and plans.

*	SIGGRAPH 2023, Los Angeles, 6-10 August
*	https://s2023.siggraph.org

Summary of Web3D events:

*	Celebrate 50 Years of SIGGRAPH Conferences with Web3D Consortium
*	https://www.web3d.org/event/web3d-siggraph-2023

Out of many topics, three Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions are planned
showing Web3D capabilities.

*	https://s2023.siggraph.org/program/birds-of-a-feather
*	https://s2023.siggraph.org/full-program/?filter1=sstype149

Cartographic Visualization BOF

*	Monday, August 7, Noon - 1:30 PM in the ACM SIGGRAPH Village
Theater.
*	ACM SIGGRAPH Cartographic (Carto) Visualization Bird of a Feather
(BOF) session will highlight the future of digital mapping to support our
daily lives. Presenters will demonstrate various solutions for interactive
cartographic display and international mapping.

X3D4 is Web3D Ready - A major upgrade to the Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics

*	Monday, 7 August 2023 - 3:00 PM  - 4:30 PM Pacific
*	Join us and learn more on how X3D4 has evolved to support current 3D
technologies. X3D4 provides close support for the HTML5 Recommendation,
Khronos glTF Physically Based Rendering (PBR), and Web Audio API.
*	X3D4 is the basis of multiple file encodings and programming
language bindings. The X3D4 Architecture Specification is Web ready, used in
many 3D applications, highly mature, implemented, functionally complete, and
undergoing final editorial review for International Standards Organization
(ISO).

3D Web Interoperability for the Metaverse

*	Tuesday, 8 August 2023 - 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific
*	To make the Metaverse fully interoperable with the WWW and the
Standards ecosystem we need new Metaverse capabilities. Join us in
discussions on how to enable robust patterns for interoperable content
authoring and delivery workflows across the Web and now to flourish on a
strong foundation of Visual graphics, Interface capabilities, Web
Architecture and Compression/streaming technologies.
*	Topics include formation and next steps for 3D Web Interoperability
Exploratory Group at Metaverse Standards Forum (MSF)
https://metaverse-standards.org

*	Web3D 2023 Conference
*	Vicomtech San Sebastian Spain, 9-11 October
*	https://web3d.siggraph.org
*	https://web3d.siggraph.org/cfp
*	Towards interconnectivity of Metaverses
*	The purpose of the 28th International ACM Conference on 3D Web
Technology (Web3D 2023) is to study and share the principles and the latest
advancements in connected 3D universes. Provide navigation metaphors that
allow users to move seamlessly from one virtual world to another.
*	The goal of the conference and of the Web3D community, which has a
rich history of developing technologies that enable the creation,
transmission, access, interaction, sharing, and visualization of 3D
universes. Bringing together a diverse group of individuals to share
innovative and influential thoughts on how the metaverse can revolutionize
the future of communications. This includes topics such as 3D applications
and services accessible through a wide range of devices, from simple mobile
phones to more complex systems such as AR/VR headsets, and heavily populated
virtual worlds, especially those connected through high-speed, low-latency
networks.

Main important dates:

*	Paper Submission: June 15th, 2023
*	Notification of acceptance: July 27th, 2023
*	Final paper version: August 13th, 2023
*	Competition Submission: September 8, 2023
*	Conference dates: October 9th to 11th, 2023

3.	INCITS and ISO Planning.

Quarterly meeting next week.  Updates sent.  We have recommended that INCITS
supports the further participation of MSF in ISO JTC-1 SC24.

4.	MSF progress and planning.  Description of 3D Web Interoperability
above is helpful, we are using it.  More details at SIGGRAPH and when the
draft charter being produced by Exploratory Group goes public at MSF.

5.	HAnim working group is making excellent progress, we had a
several-hour meeting yesterday focused on IEEE 3D body processing and
fashion issues.

*	Access to HAnim working group meetings is for members, as are
minutes and hanim mailing list.  Thus all conversations are in confidence
and respect the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of unpublished materials
by other organizations.  Please see HAnim Working Group charter for details.

https://www.web3d.org/working-groups/humanoid-animation-hanim

*	Products of this working group, including (most) tools and schemas
and references to published IEEE standards (for example) are all public.

Have fun with X3D!  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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