Join the Web3D Consortium at SIGGRAPH 2023 as we celebrate 28 years of breakthroughs in 3D Web technology along with 50 years of SIGGRAPH history. Attend our Birds of a Feather (BoF) discussions, bolstered by a community of innovators who have mapped the future of interactive, real-time 3D Graphics.

Cartographic Visualization (Carto) BOF -  Monday, August 7, Noon - 1:30 PM in the ACM SIGGRAPH Village Theater.

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). Join us and learn more on how X3D4 has evolved to support current 3D technologies.  

Presentations:

• X3D Overview by Anita Havele
• X3D4 - What is New? ISO Activities and X3D Contributions for SIGGRAPH by Don Brutzman
  • ​​​ glTF Physically Based Rendering (PBR)
  • Humanoid Animation (HAnim2)
  • Web Audio API and MIDI2
• Demos and Use cases by Nicholas Polys 
• Web3D Consortium Newsletter, Spring 2023

3D Web Interoperability for the Metaverse - Tuesday, 8 August 2023 - 1:00 PM  - 3:00 PM Pacific. Room 514.

Industry leaders, Standards development Organizations (SDO), Metaverse Standards Forum(MSF), and Browser developers will discuss how best to make the Metaverse fully interoperable with the WWW and the Standards ecosystem. 

Presentations: 

• Web3D/X3D by Anita Havele
• Metaverse Standards Forum by Neil Trevett
• 3D Web Interoperability Proposal by Nicholas Polys
• Use Cases Presentations:  3dMD(Medical), Versar(Geospatial), IVN(VR) and Threedy
• Discussion topics:
  • The nature of Metaverse Interoperability
  • WWW and device interfaces
  • Web Architecture & current standards
  • 3D Assets Interoperability 
  • Use Cases and domains
  • Paths to Interoperability
  • SDOs and engagement
  • Industry Support