Difference between revisions of "X3D version 4.0 Development"

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* [http://web3d.org/wiki/images/f/f2/X3DOM_4_WebGL_audience_10_2013.pdf Summary slides here (Oct 2013)]
 
* [http://web3d.org/wiki/images/f/f2/X3DOM_4_WebGL_audience_10_2013.pdf Summary slides here (Oct 2013)]
* Major technology under consideration: [http://www.web3d.org/wiki/index.php/X3D_and_HTML5 HTML5], [http://www.w3.org/community/declarative3d/ Declarative 3D], [http://www.x3dom.org X3DOM]
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* Major technology under consideration: [http://www.web3d.org/wiki/index.php/X3D_and_HTML5 HTML5], [http://www.w3.org/community/declarative3d/ Declarative 3D], [http://www.x3dom.org X3DOM], and possibly CSS
* Major technology under consideration: [http://www.web3d.org/wiki/index.php/X3D_and_Augmented_Reality Augmented Reality Continuum (ARC)]
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* Major technology under consideration: [http://www.web3d.org/wiki/index.php/X3D_and_Augmented_Reality Augmented Reality Continuum (ARC)] (being renamed as Mixed Augmented Reality MAR)
 
* Relaxing prior design constraints can enable a broader new basis for X3D integration
 
* Relaxing prior design constraints can enable a broader new basis for X3D integration
* Normalizing interaction semantics with HTML5 might further open up X3D for the vast majority of Web authors
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* Normalizing interaction semantics with HTML5 - now a stable W3C Recommendation - can further open up X3D for the vast majority of Web authors
  
 
Please [http://www.web3d.org/realtime-3d/contact contact us] if you think additional technologies need to be considered. X3D futures planning is currently a Web3D Consortium member-only activity.
 
Please [http://www.web3d.org/realtime-3d/contact contact us] if you think additional technologies need to be considered. X3D futures planning is currently a Web3D Consortium member-only activity.

Revision as of 09:41, 5 November 2014

X3D version 4.0 Development efforts are considering potentially major additions to the baseline X3D architecture.

  • Summary slides here (Oct 2013)
  • Major technology under consideration: HTML5, Declarative 3D, X3DOM, and possibly CSS
  • Major technology under consideration: Augmented Reality Continuum (ARC) (being renamed as Mixed Augmented Reality MAR)
  • Relaxing prior design constraints can enable a broader new basis for X3D integration
  • Normalizing interaction semantics with HTML5 - now a stable W3C Recommendation - can further open up X3D for the vast majority of Web authors

Please contact us if you think additional technologies need to be considered. X3D futures planning is currently a Web3D Consortium member-only activity.

Backwards and forwards compatibility

The comprehensive forward compatibility of VRML97 and X3D with later-developed X3D versions shows that careful anticipatory design is achievable.

Open questions

  • Are ARC abstract design and X3D AR proposals sufficiently mature to enable integration with HTML5/Declarative 3D/X3DOM issues?
  • Are the previously X3D Layer/Layering components compatible with HTML5 overlay model? Are they still needed, perhaps for multiscreen or CAVE support?
  • Mashup and interoperability support: is anything else needed for broader use with the Web? YouTube etc.

Schedule

  • Active development of X3D and X3DOM content is tracking HTML 5 capabilities now
  • We participate and contribute to the W3C Community Group for Declarative 3D