X3D and Open Standards
by Sandy Ressler
co-Vice President Web3D Consortium
National Institute of Standards and Technology
March 25, Virginia Tech
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Follow Along!
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Agenda
- Why Bother with Standards
- The Standards Process
- Web Browser as Universal Publishing Medium
- WebGL for Universal 3D Content
- Future
Big Picture - Why Standards?
- Standards contribute more to economic growth than patents and licenses
- Standards play a strategic significance to companies
- Companies that participate actively in standards work have a head start on their competitors in adapting to market demands
- Research risks and development costs are reduced for companies contributing to the standardization process
- Business that are actively involved in standards work more frequency reap short and long term benefits with regard to costs and competitive status than those who do not participate
- Participating in standards development enables one to anticipate technology standardization thereby facilitating one’s products progress simultaneously with technology
- Standards are a positive stimulus for innovation
Source: Highlights of a study by DIN (German Standards Institute) and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Technology (IEEE Think Standards)
Standards Boost Business Campaign
- more about standards and conformity assessment
- tools and studies from the standardization community
- Elevator Pitch to aid you in communicating the need for a robust standards and conformance program to the executives in your:
- Company
- Government Agency
- Organization
Time is Relative
- 5 years in software is 10 generations
- 5 years in a museum setting is just getting warmed up
Your Archival Content should be stored in a Standard format
Good
- your content is "archival"
- your content is very expensive to create
- care about interoperability
Not so good
- you have a unique user interface need
- want the latest and greatest technology
Standards
Takes (a long) time
Excuse me but there are some 3D objects in my web pages!!!
X3D the Standard
- ISO/IEC IS 19775-1:2013
- REAL formal standard - not defacto
- Big win - content longevity
- Downside - agonizingly long to formalize (sometimes market bypasses)
Web Browser as Universal Publishing Medium
- If you want the widest possible audience..put it on the Web
- If you want exposure via mobile devices..put it on the Web, and make sure the site is responsive
WebGL for Universal 3D Content
- WebGL is GL with web wrappers
- WebGL supported by most browsers and most mobile devices
- WebGL led by Khronos Group (standardization/conformance is good thing)
- ALL platforms..mobile,desktop,immersive
-
3 BILLION DEVICES!!
Interoperability
JSBIN demos/examples
NOT a special graphics editor!!
Future
Continued Standards Improvements
More Ubiquity
Support for Archival Content
VR -> WebVR
exciting times! (again)
THE END
The
I'vd upped by standards. Now, up yours. - Pat Paulson
When I helped to develop the open standards that computers use to communicate with one another across the Net, I hoped for but could not predict how it would blossom and how much human ingenuity it would unleash.
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X3D and Open Standards by Sandy Ressler co-Vice President Web3D Consortium National Institute of Standards and Technology March 25, Virginia Tech