X3D Plugfest

2012 Interoperability

Resources

There are many resources for interoperability available:

Website "New to X3D"
X3D Resources
Player support
Tool support
X3D Examples
Nightly builds

Open Source

Open Source codebases make achieving interoperability even easier too:

Xj3D
X3DOM
FreeWRL/FreeX3D
Castle
OpenVRML
others...

Quality Assurance (QA)

The X3D Validator provides a server-based suite of tests to help ensure the quality of X3D scenes and metadata. Validation tests include:

XML header and DOCTYPE checking for correct document headers
Well-formed XML checking
X3D DTD and XML Schema checking for valid X3D nodes, fields and values
X3D Schematron rule checking to verify semantic correctness and detect internal-consistency problems
X3D to ClassicVRML conversion checks a variety of legal X3D constructs
Regular expression checking for malformed floating-point numbers and excess leading zeros
X3D to XHTML conversion pretty-print listing to check online URL links, document ROUTE connections, and provide node tooltips

Example scenes for this year

Extrusion: Moebius Strip Bushings
ImageTexture TextureTransform
Web3D Time Line (both X3D and X3DOM)
X3D for Advanced Modeling preview: San Carlos Cathedral

CAD group recommendations for export

CAD Interchange profile, includes simple CAD structure nodes
2D nodes
NURBS
Binary Compression

2010

2010 Plugfest Content - 24-29 July 2010 - Web3D Symposium, SIGGRAPH

How about another Plugfest?

When/where? Web3D 2010 Symposium and/or SIGGRAPH 2010?
Getting organized around priority "Bugs of the month" that we document for all active browsers
Who is tracking each browser and reporting the bugs?
Demo how to use X3D-Edit to launch one or many browsers at a time on individual test scenes
How to best report and track status of successes and problems?

2009

2009 Plugfest Content - June 2009 - Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt, Germany

X3D Scenes, X3D Viewers	Updated	Author	Content Description	Problem Description	Content Releasability
(earlier revision) "Web3D Timeline (aka X3D Timeline)"	25 May 2009	Anita Havele, Web3D Consortium	Outreach examples for Web3D Consortium	Prototype interoperability between browsers	Public
"simpleShader.zip"	26 May 2009	John Stewart, CRC Canada	GLSL Shader test that uses a modified "toon" shader; light intensity on Spheres is shown where the color is dependent on intensity; the intensity bounding values are passed into the shader	Should display on hardware supporting GLSL shaders; Spheres will be "ringed". On non-GLSL systems, Spheres will be a uniformly shaded light blue	Public
Media:UrlInProtoTest.zip	12 June 2009	Patrick Dähne, Fraunhofer IGD	The X3D spec does not specify how to resolve relative URLs in EXTERNPROTOs. Some X3D Browsers resolve them relative to the EXTERNPROTO declaration, some to the EXTERNPROTO instantiation.	Open the file "UrlInProtoTest.wrl" in different browsers. Some will show yellow textured boxes, and some will show cyan textured boxes. Which behaviour is correct?	Public

2009 Plugfest Content - March 2009 - NASA Ames, California

X3D Scenes, X3D Viewers	Updated	Author	Content Description	Problem Description	Content Releasability
HelloWorld.x3d	21 February 2009	Don Brutzman, NPS	Hello World simple scene (example image)	Quality of Sphere geometry, Text alignment, default X3D navigation mode is EXAMINE	Public
(earlier revision) Web3dLogo.x3d	21 February 2009	Anita Havele, Web3D Consortium	Outreach examples for Web3D Consortium	Simple polygonal text geometry	Public
"Web3D Timeline (aka X3D Timeline)"	21 February 2009	Anita Havele, Web3D Consortium	Outreach examples for Web3D Consortium	Prototype interoperability between browsers	Public
LineProperties.x3d	21 February 2009	Don Brutzman, NPS	Material support (example image: LineProperties )	Demonstrate lineType capabilities	Public
FillProperties.x3d	21 February 2009	Don Brutzman, NPS	Material support (example image: FillProperties)	Demonstrate hatchStyle capabilities	Public
SpringExamples.x3d	21 February 2009	Don Brutzman, NPS	Universal Media Materials examples	Proper rendering of Material values, ProtoDeclare and ExternProtoDeclare support, anchor links to HTML should get handed off to web browser	Public
horizon3.x3d	21 February 2009	Don Brutzman, NPS	Universal Media Panoramas examples	Background textures, handle or ignore URN	Public
UserInteractivitySensorNodes.x3d	21 February 2009	Don Brutzman, NPS	X3D for Web Authors examples scene to demonstrate user interaction (before and after images)	TouchSensor, PlaneSensor, CylinderSensor, SphereSensor, KeySensor and StringSensor	Public
CreateX3dFromStringRandomSpheres.x3d	21 February 2009	Don Brutzman, NPS	X3D Basic examples scene to generate new X3D geometry using an embedded Script node	Script node, ECMAScript support for createX3dFromString function	Public
Gimbals.x3d	21 February 2009	Don Brutzman, NPS	X3D Basic examples scene to show coordinate-system rotation values	Shows Extrusion, Text, TouchSensor and Script nodes working together, also tests proper keyboard navigation using PgUp PgDn Home End keys.	Public
ViewpointGroupTest.x3d	9 March 2009	Don Brutzman, NPS	X3D Basic examples scene to demonstrate ViewpointGroup support	Shows ViewpointGroup nodes containing nested Viewpoints to support user navigation in large worlds.	Public
HelloEarth.x3d, HelloEarthOpenStreetMap.x3d and HelloEarthOpenAerialMap.x3d	1 March 2009	Byounghyun Yoo, Web3D Fellow	Geospatial Component scenes to demonstrate X3D Earth support	Shows GeoLOD imagery and terrain nodes from various sources for 7 to 17 levels of detail.	Public
NancyDiving.x3d	1 March 2009	Don Brutzman, NPS	HumanoidAnimation Component scene to demonstrate H-Anim support	Shows Nancy avatar scuba diving.	Public

2009 Plugfest - March 2009 - Results

X3D Scenes, X3D Viewers	BS Contact beta	FreeWRL, FreeX3D	Instant Player	Octaga	Vivaty	Xj3D
HelloWorld.x3d	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	fail, defaults to FLY mode	fail, incorrect Text vertical alignment
(earlier revision) Web3dLogo.x3d	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass
Web3DTimeline.x3d (still being improved)	Pass		Pass	Pass		Pass
LineProperties.x3d	fail	Pass	Pass	Pass	fail	Pass
FillProperties.x3d	fail	Pass	fail	Pass	fail	fail
SpringExamples.x3d	Pass	no ExternProtoDeclare support yet in XML parser interface code	Pass	Pass	crash	fail
horizon3.x3d	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	crash	Pass
UserInteractivitySensorNodes.x3d	Pass	Pass	All pass but StringSensor, since <enter> key goes full screen	Pass	KeySensor case error, StringSensor duplicates characters	Pass
CreateX3dFromStringRandomSpheres.x3d	fail	fail	fail	fail	fail	fail
Gimbals.x3d	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	crash	Works OK but Extrusion ends are warped
ViewpointGroupTest.x3d	fail, only shows Viewpoints	fail	OK except for nested ViewpointGroup	Pass	fail	fail
HelloEarth.x3d, HelloEarthOpenStreetMap.x3d and HelloEarthOpenAerialMap.x3d	fail	Pass	fail	fail	fail	Pass
NancyDiving.x3d (Script still being improved)	Pass	fail	crash	Pass	fail	No animation

The X3D Plugfest was held at the Web3D Consortium Members Meeting, Wednesday 4 March 2009, at the NASA Ames research facility in Moffett Field, California.

Content

http://www.web3d.org/x3d/wiki/index.php/image:VT_examples.zip

2008

2008 Plugfest - 9 August 2008 - Web3D Symposium

	BS Contact	XJ3D	Swirl	Octaga	FreeWRL, FreeX3D	Vivaty	Instant Player
City Scapes	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Clipping Issues	Pass	Pass
Hello World	Pass	Space Bet Image and Text	rotation off by -1x	Pass	Pass	failed n examine mode	Pass
Panoramic View	Pass	dropped down	outside the cylinder	dropped down	can't go up or down or front or back	didn't drop until u take step	shifted view and field
Gravity Effect	drop down until u move	Pass	no change until u move	Pass	no gravity	gravity kicks in only when u move	Pass
Virtual Museum	Pass	Pass	navigation failure	Pass	no gravity more pixelation	Pass	Pass
Inline View Point	Pass	wrong inline		Pass	does not keep track of view point	Pass	wrong in line
Proto Instance	referenced	referenced	script does not work	copy	failed	copy	failed - same color
Moving Box	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass
Extrusion Text	Pass	inside out	y-axis off	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass
Top Level	Pass	top level nodes are implicit	Pass	Pass	mouse icon instead of text	Pass	Pass
Co-ordinate Morphs	Pass	Pass	initial view point is off		Pass	Pass	Pass
Color	Pass	Pass	color does not change	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass
Venus X3D	Pass	Pass	no environment mapping	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass
String X3D	vertical	horizontal	horizontal	horizontal	vertical	vertical	horizontal
Global Annotations	Pass	Pass	head lights on	Pass	does not support	Pass	failed
Script I/O Field	close	function		close			function

Problematic Content

Working Content

Issues

This is a summary of the issues discovered:

User Initial Position without a Viewpoint
Extrusion Implementations
Node fields on a proto declaration, copy or reference

Instructions to submitters

Please upload your Plugfest content here. Be sure to create a single zip file with all the parts included. Each zip file will be verified for content.

The goal of the each X3D Plugfest is to foster interoperability between X3D players. Each Plugfest is a regular event that brings content authors, authoring tool vendors and browser implementers together to work on interoperability issues. Consistent quality for X3D content helps everyone.

This is the navigation home page for the upcoming X3D Plugfests. Content will be linked from this page for everyone's review.

Please note: Submitted .x3d files must be zipped before being uploaded. Alternatively, links to online content can be provided.

Description fields: Include a description of your content, or else a description of the problem and any results from the browsers you've tested.

Content Release Option: Specify whether the content can be released publicly or just distributed to browser implementers for testing.