Re: [FreeWRL-develop] Roadmap > add, like?

[doug s. <hig...@ho...>]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130429114826.htm
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> From: hig...@ho...
> To: fre...@li...
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:42:23 -0600
> Subject: [FreeWRL-develop]  Roadmap > add, like?
> 
> >  >- Roadmap 
> >  >   - Where is the project heading 
> >  >   - How much of the X3d/VRML7 spec is the project interested in 
> >  > covering/implementing 
> 
> Here's some roadmap categories and ideas, some things we're already doing, brought up lately or have on our wish list, and I threw in a few I've been incubating. Feel free to vote 1 to 10 on your need, and add more categories and ideas.
> 
> Roadmap categories:
> 
> FreeWRL and libfreewrl
> user uptake
> - web3d.org feature set conformance and extension
> - quality and performance of features
> - platforms
> - ease of installation, learning and use
> - complementary tools and example content
> developer uptake
> - platforms
> - modern languages and tools
> - good code and folder structure
> - developer guidance / insight / code documentation
> - testing > tools and test data
> - interesting connections to other projects, spinoffs, opportunities
> - social-media-like communication between developers
> .
> Related projects
> - other web3d tools
> - web3d content
> - combinations of web3d with other projects
> 
> Roadmap ideas:
> 
> FreeWRL and libfreewrl
> user uptake
> - web3d.org feature set conformance and extension
> -- http://www.web3d.org/wiki/index.php/Player_support_for_X3D_components 
> -- background node that takes mobile front-facing camera snapshot or stream
> - quality and performance of features
> -- rendering speed > collision & gravity, worker threads, CPU profiling tests
> -- parsing > nested protos > brotos
> -- stereovision
> -- input devices
> -- multiple-screen/window rendering
> -- multiple scenes in one html page
> -- SAI: browser-native FF, Chrome, Safari, IE, Java
> -- EAI: C, python, other examples, MVIP
> - platforms
> -- OSX, win, linux, iPhone, Android, Blackberry, ??
> - ease of installation, learning and use
> -- Gui, Help, automatic updates/notification
> -- easy way to report bug, suggestion, some way to Like/vote for a proposed new feature
> -- easy way to connect with other users for tips, content
> -- complementary content site
> - complementary tools and example content
> -- GoogleEarth snapshot, pluginPicker, URL tester, Gui Launch parameter setter, ???
> developer uptake
> - platforms
> -- OSX, windows, linux (multiple)
> - modern languages and tools
> -- Git, OO language, memory management, Visual Studio, Eclipse/CDT, gnu autotools
> - good code and folder structure
> - developer guidance / insight / code documentation
> -- doxygen, folder .txt
> - testing > tools and test data
> -- automated testing framework
> -- functional test recording and playback system
> -- thorough suite of functional test files
> - interesting connections to other projects, spinoffs, opportunities
> - social-media-like communication between developers
> .
> Related projects
> - other web3d tools
> -- WhiteDune_Cloud - web-app authoring tool
> -- SSR - server-side rendering system
> - web3d content
> -- CloudVR content website
> - combinations of web3d with other projects
> -- x3d over collada - animatable content in web3d layer, connect-by-position x3d node 		 	   		  
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