IRC log of immersive-web on 2023-04-18
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- logging to https://www.w3.org/2023/04/18-immersive-web-irc
- 19:03:31 [yonet]
- agenda: https://github.com/immersive-web/administrivia/blob/main/meetings/cg/2023-04-18-Immersive_Web_Community_Group_Teleconference-agenda.md
- 19:04:41 [yonet]
- https://issues-by-label.glitch.me/?label=face-to-face&command=/facetoface
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- present+
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- present+
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- present+
- 19:09:50 [Leonard]
- scribe Leonard
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- Aysegul: Topics for F2F next week M/T at Apple in Silicon Valley
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- 19:11:03 [Leonard]
- ... looking for topics, especially those not already listed. Add to GitHub
- 19:11:10 [yonet]
- https://issues-by-label.glitch.me/?label=face-to-face&command=/facetoface
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- 1+
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- q+
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- present+
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- ack Leonard
- 19:13:00 [Ada_]
- hakim, open the queue
- 19:13:11 [Ada_]
- zakim, open the queue
- 19:13:11 [Zakim]
- ok, Ada_, the speaker queue is open
- 19:15:09 [Leonard]
- Lots of discussion about logistics for F2F
- 19:15:27 [bialpio]
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- 19:15:34 [Leonard]
- Chairs will get out a timed agenda this week.
- 19:15:47 [yonet]
- https://github.com/immersive-web/administrivia/blob/main/F2F-April-2023/schedule.md
- 19:15:58 [Leonard]
- Parking lot locations will be announced
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- 19:16:42 [Leonard]
- See above link for all schedules and location for F2F
- 19:18:23 [Leonard]
- Dinner is being planned. Ada is having difficulties with the restaurant. Stay tuned for location & other details
- 19:18:30 [Leonard]
- Dinner is Monday!
- 19:18:52 [Leonard]
- Ada: Food available for breaks & lunch
- 19:19:18 [Leonard]
- Current issues by label: https://issues-by-label.glitch.me/?label=face-to-face&command=/facetoface
- 19:19:44 [Leonard]
- https://github.com/immersive-web/administrivia/issues/195
- 19:20:16 [Leonard]
- Charles: Introductions of team
- 19:20:40 [Leonard]
- Sean: (Mgr of Corporate Relations at LightHouse).
- 19:21:27 [Leonard]
- Dylan (Head of Community Outreach, XR Access): Discusses NSF project to convert non-verbal communication into sound and haptic
- 19:21:33 [Leonard]
- ... communicationb
- 19:22:11 [Leonard]
- ... Include eye contact, group formation, shared (3D) objects, etc. turned into sound and haptics to allow non-visual
- 19:22:33 [Leonard]
- ... participants first-class citizens of virtual spaces
- 19:23:09 [Leonard]
- ... Goal: Create set of guidelines that can be implemented by W3C and others to make 3D worlds accessible
- 19:23:46 [Leonard]
- Charles: In addition to social cues, make (3D) objects accessible to visually impaired individuals
- 19:24:22 [Leonard]
- ... Includes audio cues of actions (whiteboard markings, etc.), then reading the result (when appropriate)
- 19:24:58 [Ada_]
- q+ to talk about possible entry points
- 19:25:21 [Leonard]
- ... Grant Phase 1 ends Sep 2023. Phase 2 (2-year) is to build Phase 1 results.
- 19:25:37 [Leonard]
- ... intent to launch company to do this at the end of Phase 2
- 19:26:31 [Leonard]
- Dylan: Make sure guidelines can be used and embraced
- 19:28:04 [Leonard]
- Sean: Including visually impaired individuals in all phases of the project. to ensure guidelines work in practice.
- 19:28:21 [yonet]
- q?
- 19:29:17 [yonet]
- ack Ada_
- 19:29:17 [Zakim]
- Ada_, you wanted to talk about possible entry points
- 19:29:31 [bialpio]
- q+
- 19:29:57 [Leonard]
- Ada: Can IW use HTML for accessiblity fall-back?
- 19:30:59 [Leonard]
- Dylan: Ties into AOM (Accessible Object Model) project. Project is defining metadata for objects + structure for spaces.
- 19:31:46 [Leonard]
- ... Work is just beginning.
- 19:31:48 [yonet]
- ack bialpio
- 19:32:18 [Leonard]
- Piotr: Goal is to expose additonal data/structure for s/w to understand semantics of the scene?
- 19:32:55 [Leonard]
- ... How are the app developers forced/encourage to use this (new) system?
- 19:34:10 [Leonard]
- Dylan: IW is part of the solution. There are other groups too (e.g., phone apps).
- 19:34:40 [Leonard]
- ... What does it take for WebXR to understand semantics. If not, where in W3C are these guidelines managed?
- 19:34:52 [yonet]
- https://github.com/immersive-web/webxr/blob/main/accessibility-considerations-explainer.md
- 19:35:12 [Leonard]
- From Dylan in chat: "Example of AOM work: How Do You Add Alternative Text and Metadata to glTF Objects?https://equalentry.com/accessibility-gltf-objects/"
- 19:36:07 [Leonard]
- Koolala: Best developer tools are in the browser, but there are no VR developer tool there
- 19:36:48 [Leonard]
- Charles: Looking for contact to W3C accessibility
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- Aysegul: Will provide it.
- 19:37:10 [yonet]
- https://www.w3.org/TR/xaur/
- 19:37:32 [Ada_]
- q+ to mention model
- 19:38:24 [Leonard]
- Shiri: (Cornell U) Goal is to have design recommendations adopted
- 19:38:27 [Koolala]
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- 19:38:44 [Leonard]
- ... What is looked for, how do you (IW) work with other organizations, etc.?
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- ack Ada_
- 19:39:49 [Zakim]
- Ada_, you wanted to mention model
- 19:40:54 [Leonard]
- Ada: Looking at <model> tag and the ability to include accessibility info.
- 19:41:27 [Leonard]
- Dylan: ... Alt text on 3D objects is probably not going to fly. Need to understand where people are located in space.
- 19:41:41 [Leonard]
- ... Need to understand which topics/fields go to which group.
- 19:41:47 [Brandel]
- q+
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- Ada: Standards would probably happen in this group
- 19:42:48 [Leonard]
- Dylan: Avatar location/orientation is important. How would that be represented in XR?
- 19:43:13 [Leonard]
- ... Would each object need to have a set of coordinates where the change would cause an audio signal
- 19:43:28 [bialpio]
- q+
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- Ada: Metadata system would be useful. If social VR stuff is left to developers, than it probably not be developed.
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- q+
- 19:44:49 [Leonard]
- ... OS (browser) has a much better opportunity of managing the information.
- 19:44:52 [Koolala]
- From the developer tools perspective, if you close your eyes and imagine every object around your room surrounded by a cube XML meta data - that meta data is what feeds into accessibility features. Model view helps here. So does 3D detached CSS.
- 19:46:13 [yonet]
- ack Brandel
- 19:47:04 [Leonard]
- Brandel: IW is not just Immersive XR. This group is "least-worst" place to start discussion, but distribution
- 19:47:04 [CharlesL]
- q+
- 19:47:04 [Leonard]
- ... is likely to happen depending on the specific issue
- 19:47:57 [Leonard]
- Dylan: Some are developer standards (e.g., alt text), others are design items. Team focus is design.
- 19:48:41 [Leonard]
- ... WebXR appears to be more focused on developer items.
- 19:49:54 [Leonard]
- Brandel: IW has WebXR API and model.
- 19:50:34 [Leonard]
- Piotr: Might have a problem with a communication channel and how to force apps to use that channel?
- 19:50:36 [yonet]
- ack bialpo
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- ack bialpio
- 19:51:08 [Leonard]
- ... If there are multiple ways, people will choose the easiest for them
- 19:51:22 [Leonard]
- ... Need to have a developer educational program
- 19:52:05 [Leonard]
- ... Is it possible to get a binding to share semantics binding?
- 19:53:03 [Leonard]
- Yonet: Having or giving the information is not the same as making it accessible. Judicious choices must be made
- 19:53:42 [Koolala]
- Can the developer tools be that channel?
- 19:54:10 [Leonard]
- Dylan: Information Overload Mode will be overwhelming. Need a variety of screen readers that use different interpertations
- 19:55:14 [Leonard]
- ... May need to have metadata from early in the creating pipeline
- 19:55:43 [Leonard]
- Charles: Poeple from IWWG that could create an accessiblity task force?
- 19:55:45 [yonet]
- ack CharlesL
- 19:56:08 [Leonard]
- ... to steer work for accessibility
- 19:56:52 [yonet]
- ack Leonard
- 19:57:10 [Leonard]
- Leonard: Is there a short-list of very important accessibility items?
- 19:57:39 [Leonard]
- Charles: Do have a short list. Need to come up with stories and wire-frames. Will share here for reactions
- 19:57:56 [Leonard]
- Dylan: long list: https://bit.ly/xraccess-github
- 19:57:59 [yonet]
- https://github.com/XRAccessibility/xraccessibility.github.io
- 19:58:25 [Leonard]
- ... email: Dylan [AT] xraccess [DOT] org
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